Patents by Inventor Phillip M. Skibo

Phillip M. Skibo 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: 4040198
    Abstract: A portable device usable with a fishing rod for selectively projecting or casting a fish lure outwardly to desired areas by means of stretching or retracting a flexible elastic or stretchable line or a stretchable spring, which is mounted on and connected to a fishing rod or pole, and which has a movable, slidable carrier or open ended slidably mounted container, which is connected to an end part of the elastic or spring, and which is adapted to be pulled back or stretched, and then released to cause the carrier or receptacle to snap forward to thereby project a lure from within the receptacle into areas in which the user desires the lure to fall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Inventor: Phillip M. Skibo