Patents by Inventor Ronald A. Helfenstine

Ronald A. Helfenstine 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: 4197667
    Abstract: A fishing lure body has at least one cone shaped air trap pocket with a small apical port opening to the outside whereby on entry of the lure into fishing water the air in the pocket provides some buoyancy and the air is adapted to bubble from the pocket as a fish attractor. Water in the pocket provides a reflecting surface visible through the opening and serves as a further attractor. Soft flexibly resilient structure of the body permits the water to squirt from the pocket through the opening when a fish strikes the lure. The body may be of various forms such as simulating a worm, a lizard, salamander, grub, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Assignee: Sports Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Helfenstine, Richard W. McDaniel
  • Patent number: D255704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Assignee: Sports Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Helfenstine, Richard W. McDaniel