Patents by Inventor Richard A. Dougherty

Richard A. Dougherty 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: 8381430
    Abstract: A fishhook disgorger and method of disgorging employ a pair of opposed, widely-spaced, rotating jaws having surfaces configured to grip and hold a fishhook or lure. The jaws are pivotally connected to each other, and a hand operated mechanism uses links and hingepins to draw the jaws toward each other for clasping an impaled fishhook or portion of a fish lure therebetween. The disgorger clasping force may be increased by extending linked elements at an angle to the surfaces configured to hold a fishhook or lure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: 1000 West, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Dougherty
  • Patent number: 5960504
    Abstract: A multi-purpose fisherman's tool and method for removing unwanted material from the eyehole of fishing tackle employs a sharp prong that may be locked in place in a rectangular opening in a flat plate that supports the fishing tackle while it is rotated around the prong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: D. C. D. Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Dougherty