Patents by Inventor Sam E. Rayburn

Sam E. Rayburn 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: 4418492
    Abstract: A removable fishing float is of a slip-type construction and includes a radially extending slit into which a fishing line may be positioned. Additionally, the float is provided with an axially extending bore in communication with the slit, and a slit tube is positioned through the bore. The respective slits contained in the float and slit tube are alignable by a manual rotation of the tube within the float bore, so as to permit a fishing line to be directed through the slits to be thus positioned within the slit tube, and once the fishing line is positioned within the tube, the tube may again be rotated to effectively prevent the line from coming out of engagement with the float. Additionally, a pair of star line locks are provided, such locks having five appendages with two of the appendages being in parallel alignment and being of a length greater than the remaining three appendages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Inventor: Sam E. Rayburn