Patents by Inventor Patrick R. Dougal

Patrick R. Dougal has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6793184
    Abstract: A portable fishing rod holder for use in securing a fishing rod to a vehicle or other ferrometallic surface by means of a generally rectangular elongated portion having a pair of downwardly extending legs in perpendicular relation thereto, each leg being provided with a magnet inserted therein in countersunk relation, whereby a fishing rod may be captured and held within the confines of the fishing rod holder when said fishing rod holder is employed in conjunction with a ferrometallic surface, the fishing rod being held in an upright position with its base resting on the ground or suspended from a guide eye, and the fishing rod holder being further provided with a protuberance having an opening therein through which a key ring or similar device may be threaded, said fishing rod holder being of sufficiently small size to be carried on a key ring, fisherman's vest, or in a pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Inventors: Patrick R. Dougal, Wayne L. Weatherly
  • Publication number: 20040099776
    Abstract: A portable fishing rod holder for use in securing a fishing rod to a vehicle or other ferrometallic surface by means of a generally rectangular elongated portion having a pair of downwardly extending legs in perpendicular relation thereto, each leg being provided with a magnet inserted therein in countersunk relation, whereby a fishing rod may be captured and held within the confines of the fishing rod holder when said fishing rod holder is employed in conjunction with a ferrometallic surface, the fishing rod being held in an upright position with its base resting on the ground or suspended from a guide eye, and the fishing rod holder being further provided with a protuberance having an opening therein through which a key ring or similar device may be threaded, said fishing rod holder being of sufficiently small size to be carried on a key ring, fisherman's vest, or in a pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Patrick R. Dougal, Wayne L. Weatherly
  • Patent number: 5110095
    Abstract: Spacers for supporting an arcuate saddle in concentric relation with respect to each of three specifically different sizes of pipe wherein a plurality of spacers are connected to the saddle and disposed radially between the saddle and one of the pipes, each spacer being a spacer having a width, length and height corresponding exactly to the three incremental spaces which are to be provided between the saddle and the three specifically different sizes of pipe, respectively, in order to achieve concentricity, all of the spacers being connectible to the saddle in a first orientation where the width dimension of the spacers is disposed radially between the saddle and a first size of pipe, all of the spacers being connectible to the saddle in a second orientation where the length dimension of the spacers is disposed radially between the saddle and a second size of pipe, all of the spacers being connectible to the saddle in a third orientation where the height dimension of the spacers is disposed radially between t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: H & M Pipe Beveling Machine Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick R. Dougal