Patents by Inventor Richard A. Hardy

Richard A. Hardy 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: 5410836
    Abstract: A fly fisherman's lure holder including a multiplicity of permanently adjoined tubular compartments each having an open and a closed end for the purpose of holding fishing lures and more particularly for holding those lures used in fly fishing. The lure holder has annular permanent magnets affixed to the open end of each tubular compartment. In use, a lure placed in a compartment is removed by inverting the compartments thereby having the open ends pointing downward. The lures contained therein are prevented from falling out by the force of the permanent magnet which captures the lure and affixes it to the tube interior sidewall such that a portion of the lure remains outside the tube open end. The portion of the lure outside the tube is grasped by the fisherman and the lure is readily extracted for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Inventor: Richard A. Hardy
  • Patent number: D387688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Inventors: Lewis A. Hardy, Richard A. Hardy