Bass Pro Shops, Inc.

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John L Morris

Robert L Martin

G Dale Pledger

A driver for eyebolts and hooks includes a body with a driver head bifurcated by a longitudinal slot to form a pair of side walls and a bottom wall. A hole through one of the side walls intersects the slot. A set screw installed in the hole releasably engages and secures the eyebolt in the slot.

Driver for eyebolts and hooks

An electrical utility box locator (11) is provided for convenient and accurate location of electrical utility boxes on the studs of a framed-in wall. The locator has a paddle shaped body (12) with a bottom portion (13) that rests against the floor and against a sole plate of the framed-in wall. The side of the paddle rests against a vertical stud extending upwardly from the sole plate. A recess is formed in the middle section (15) intermediate the top and bottom sections (13 and 14) of the body for receiving the front rim of a utility box to be affixed to the stud. The depth of the recess corresponds to the distance that the forward edge of the utility box is to protrude outwardly from the side of the stud to which it is attached. In use, the locator of this invention is positioned with its bottom portion resting on the floor and against a sole plate, its side resting against a vertical stud, and the side of a utility box in the recess also resting against the stud. The nails of the utility box are then driven into the stud and the locator removed so that the utility box is left properly positioned on the stud.

Template for electrical service box

A retractable boat cleat which moves alternately between extended and retracted positions upon alternate depressions of the cleat. A pivotal latch with notched ends cooperates with a specially spaced recess in the cleat and a pair of compression springs to provide the alternate extension and retraction.

Retractable cleat

The device of this invention includes a cleat disposed within a cavity formed by an exterior housing in a manner permitting the cleat to be moved between an extended position where the cleat is accessible to receive a boat line and a retracted position where the cleat is retracted into the cavity. The mechanism that allows the movement of the cleat between a retracted and extended position is within the cavity and includes a spring and a latching mechanism. The latching mechanism includes a latching member that pivotally moves within the latching mechanism between a latching position that holds the cleat in the retracted position and a release position where the latch memebr releases the cleat to the extended position under the influence of the spring. The latching mechanism allows for the cleat to be alternated between the extended and retracted position by successive depressions of the cleat into the cavity.

A tandem blade spinner bait fishing lure. First and second spinner blades are coupled with a body portion of the lure by a V-shaped shank. A first swivel couples the first blade with one end of the shank. A blade bar couples the second blade with the first blade. A second swivel couples the second blade with the blade bar to allow independent rotation of the blades. The first swivel allows the blades to pivot about the end of the shank. The first and second blades freely rotate about an axis parallel to the path of travel of the lure through the water.

Tandem blade spinner bait

A soft plastic shad type fishing lure having a nose cavity in its leading end for receiving a lead jig head in order to enhance the natural appearance and motion of the bait for greater appeal to fish.

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Springfield, MO, United States of America

John L Morris