Patents by Inventor William F. Whipple

William F. Whipple 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).

  • Publication number: 20040244269
    Abstract: A fishing lure and hook combination includes a fishing hook having a shank with a pointed end, said shrank having an eye on the other end thereof. The fishing lure has a front portion having an elongated bore therethrough for receiving a fishing line therethrough and a rear portion having a slit in the side thereof intersecting the front portion bore and sized for said fish hook eye to slide sideways therein. The fishing weight has an enlarged hollow area at the intersection of the front portion elongated bore and the rear portion slit sized for the fish hook eye to rotate therein so that sliding the hook of the eye sideways into the rear portion of the slit and rotating the eye, locks the fish hook to the lure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventor: William F. Whipple
  • Patent number: 5980073
    Abstract: A boat trailer lighting system apparatus includes a boat trailer for trailering a boat having an outboard motor mounted thereto. An electrical light assembly having an electric lamp therein is rotatably attached to an outboard motor skeg mounting bracket which is removably attached to the outboard motor skeg. The electrical light assembly is connected through an electrical conductor to an electrical power source which may be connected into the tail and brake lights of the trailer so that the light is activated along with the trailer lights. The outboard motor skeg mounting bracket has a cover sleeve of a general shape of the outboard motor skeg for sliding over the skeg and a threaded clamping bolt threaded through the cover against the skeg to lock the skeg light to the outboard motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventor: William F. Whipple
  • Patent number: D460420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: William F. Whipple
  • Patent number: D461575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Inventor: William F. Whipple