Patents by Inventor Vitervo Leal

Vitervo Leal 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: 4885867
    Abstract: There is disclosed an improved fishing lure which is formed by a simulated frog-like body, the body including an anchoring point for a fishing line at the forward end thereof, and a novel tail structure located at the opposed end of the body, the tail structure consissting of a pliable and flexible coiled structured formed of a material having a memory thereby permitting the coiled structure to achieve a bellows action during the lure manipulation causing a circular vibrational motion of the water as the lure travels through the water for the purpose of attracting fish. The tail structure is formed of a material which normally biasingly urges the tail into a tightened bellows configuration when not in use, and uncoils in a bellows fashion and creates a circular vibratory motion during use, the tail material having a self memory thereby to biasingly urge the tail back into its tightened bellows configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Inventor: Vitervo Leal
  • Patent number: 4450644
    Abstract: Fishing lure includes a one-piece body of generally torpedo shaped configuration with opposed end portions that each include a rod-like portion and a tapering portion. A propeller and sleeve of colored material are mounted along one of the rod-like portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Inventor: Vitervo Leal
  • Patent number: D276256
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Inventor: Vitervo Leal