Patents by Inventor Roy C. Heidinger

Roy C. Heidinger 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).

  • Winter fish traps and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 8938906
    Abstract: Winter fish traps and methods of using the same are disclosed. A method of trapping fish is provided that includes locating a substantially immobile group of fish in a body of water, providing a semi-rigid water-permeable trap having a bottom opening, lowering the trap opening over the group of fish onto a bottom surface of the body of water to trap the group of fish, remotely operating a semi-rigid door to cover the trap opening while the fish trap is resting on the bottom surface, and retrieving the fish trap from the body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Inventors: Donald L. Hey, Roy C. Heidinger, Robert J. Curran
  • Winter Fish Traps and Methods of Using the Same
    Publication number: 20130219769
    Abstract: Winter fish traps and methods of using the same are disclosed. A method of trapping fish is provided that includes locating a substantially immobile group of fish in a body of water, providing a semi-rigid water-permeable trap having a bottom opening, lowering the trap opening over the group of fish onto a bottom surface of the body of water to trap the group of fish, remotely operating a semi-rigid door to cover the trap opening while the fish trap is resting on the bottom surface, and retrieving the fish trap from the body of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Donald L. Hey, Roy C. Heidinger, Robert J. Curran
  • Fish Traps and Methods of Using the Same
    Publication number: 20130047488
    Abstract: Fish traps and methods of using the same are disclosed. A disclosed example fish trap includes a holding chamber having an opening through which a fish may pass, and a bait chamber abutting the holding chamber and separated from the holding chamber by a water permeable barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Donald L. Hey, Roy C. Heidinger, Robert J. Curran