Post on 20-Jun-2022
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Patents Of
The Creek Chub Bait Company Garrett, Indiana
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The lure was produced as the Open Mouth Shiner.
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The lure was produced as the Crab Wiggler. The lure was later renamed as The Crawdad.
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The patent covers the Creek Chub paint scale process and is illustrated on the lure produced as the Creek Chub Wiggler. One half of this patent was assigned to James Heddon's Sons, Inc. of
Dowagiac, Michigan.
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The patent covers the Creek Chub reversible lip and cup rig hardware, as illustrated on the lure
produced as the Creek Chub Wiggler. The patent date, 9-7-20, was stamped on CCBCo lips for many years.
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The patent covers the Creek Chub paint scale process and is illustrated on the lure produced as the Creek Chub Wiggler. One half of this patent was assigned to James Heddon's Sons, Inc. of
Dowagiac, Michigan.
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The lure was produced as the Pikie.
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The lure was produced as the Pikie.
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The patent covers the Creek Chub paint scale process and is illustrated on the lure produced as the Creek Chub Wiggler. One half of this patent was assigned to James Heddon's Sons, Inc. of
Dowagiac, Michigan.
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The patent describes "a novel form of tail or fin members…formed of suitable fabric such as gros-grain ribbon". The tail-piece and fins covered by the patent are illustrated on the Fin Tail Shiner
and Poly Wiggle lures.
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The lure was produced as the Wicked Wiggler Wiggling Spoon.
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The lure was not produced commercially.
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Inventor: Henry S. Dills of Garrett, Indiana The drawings illustrate the Crawdad with legs and tail constructed of feathers.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The lure was produced as the Weed Bug.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The patent covers a heavy duty swivel attachment for fish hooks.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The lure was produced as the Plunker. The patent also covers the use of a "weight in the rear end
of a lure so that it will normally float in a substantially vertical position and assume a position parallel to the water only when a tractive force is applied thereto".
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The patent covers heavy duty hook mounting and is illustrated on the Tarpon Pikie.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The patent describes a swivel attachment designed to prevent line twist on lures.
It is illustrated on a lure that was produced as the Sinful Sal.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The lure was produced as the Wigl-Y-Rind.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The lure was produced as the Lucky Mouse.
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Inventor: Charles Yarvise of Gary, Indiana The lure was produced as the Flip Flap.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The lure was produced as the Hum Bird.
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Inventor: Austin Van Houten of Garrett, Indiana The lure was produced as the Jigger.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The lure describes a method of forming wings for fish lures, and is illustrated on the Hum Bird lure.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The lure was produced as the Dingbat.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The lure was produced as the Bull Pup.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The lure was produced as the Dinger.
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Inventor: Sam F. Davenport of Auburn, Indiana The lure was produced as the Bomber. The lure was later renamed as the Kreeker.