Patents by Inventor Robert T. Snider

Robert T. Snider 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).

  • Expandable fish hook
    Patent number: 3986289
    Abstract: An expandable fish hook. A plurality of fish hooks have top ends fastened together with means slidably mounted to and encircling the shanks of the fish hooks. The fish hooks are biased apart and are movable together when the means is positioned adjacent the barbed ends of the fish hooks. A fishing line attached to the means extends through an eyelet formed at the top ends of the fish hooks with the means being slidably moved by the line toward the eyelet thereby allowing the fish hooks to spread apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1976
    Inventors: Jessie G. Zimmerman, Robert T. Snider