Patents by Inventor Randy Lee Atherton

Randy Lee Atherton 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).

  • Balanced rotor spinning fishing reel
    Patent number: 5713529
    Abstract: A rotor assembly that is operable to wrap fishing line around a spool. The rotor assembly has a body with a circumference and a central axis about which the rotor assembly rotates in operation, a first bail ear and a second bail ear on the body, a bail assembly including first and second bail arms and a bail wire, first structure for mounting the first bail arm to the first bail ear for pivoting movement of the first bail arm relative to the first bail ear about a first axis, and second structure for mounting the second bail arm to the second bail ear for pivoting movement of the second bail arm relative to the second bail ear about a second axis. The first and second bail ears have first and second circumferential center lines extending axially of the body. The first center line makes a first acute angle with a first plane containing both a line parallel to the first axis and the central axis of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Zebco Div. of Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Randy Lee Atherton, Kent Lee Zwayer
  • Spinning reel
    Patent number: D382040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Zebco Division of Brunswick Corp.
    Inventors: Randy Lee Atherton, Young Kang, Richard J. Robbins
  • Crank handle for a fishing reel
    Patent number: D383191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Zebco Division of Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Randy Lee Atherton, Kent Lee Zwayer, Richard J. Robbins