# US 10,765,099 B1 · Portable live well for ice fishing

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- Number: US 10,765,099 B1
- Document ID: US10765099B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 15/841,058
- Filed: 2017-12-13
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-01-07
- Applicants: Frank William Wilkins
- Inventors: Frank William Wilkins
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765099B1

## CPC

- A01K 97/20: Keepnets or other containers for keeping captured fish (A01K97/05 takes precedence)
- A01K 97/01: for ice-fishing {; Ice drilling, hook-setting or signalling devices}
- A01K 97/05: Containers for live bait kept in water, e.g. for minnows or shrimps
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

## Abstract

A portable live well is configured to fit through a hole in ice above water. The portable live well includes a lid mechanically coupled to a body. The lid is joined to the body by pushing a large opening outer edge clip and a small opening outer edge clip on the lid into the rim on the body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A portable live well, configured to fit through a hole in ice above water; the portable live well comprising:
a lid, mechanically coupled to a body;
the lid further comprising:
a generally circular lid rim joined to a handle such that there is a large opening and a small opening separated by the handle; wherein the larger opening is larger than the smaller opening; wherein:
the large opening further comprises a large opening outer edge formed by an inner perimeter of the generally circular lid rim and a large opening inner edge formed by a first side of the handle; and
the small opening further comprises a small opening outer edge formed by the inner perimeter of the generally circular lid rim and a small opening inner edge formed by a second side of the handle; wherein the small opening and large opening are configured to provide access to the water below the ice;
a large opening outer edge clip, joined to the large opening outer edge and extending therefrom;
a small opening outer edge clip, joined to the small opening outer edge and extending therefrom;
the body further comprising:
a cylindrical wall joined to a bottom side; and
a rim, joined to a top edge of the cylindrical wall and extending outward from the cylindrical wall;
wherein the lid is joined to the body by pushing the large opening outer edge clip and the small opening outer edge clip into the rim.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The portable live well of claim 1, wherein the cylindrical wall further comprises
a first slot, arranged in the body and extending from a central area on the bottom side upward on the cylindrical wall in a first L-shape having a first height;
a second slot, arranged in the body and extending from the central area on the bottom side upward on the cylindrical wall in a second L-shape having a second height; wherein the first height is greater than the second height;
a third slot, a fourth slot, a fifth slot, a sixth slot, a seventh slot and an eighth slot that extend into the bottom side.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The portable live well of claim 2, further comprising:
a first center line, bisecting the first slot and the fifth slot;
a second center line, bisecting the second slot and the sixth slot;
a third center line, bisecting the third slot and the seventh slot; and
a fourth center line, bisecting the fourth slot and the eighth slot.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The portable live well of claim 3, wherein:
the first center line and the third center line are approximately perpendicular to one another;
the second center line and the fourth center line are approximately perpendicular to one another.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The portable live well of claim 4, wherein a first angle is measured clockwise from the first center line to the second center line; wherein the first angle is approximately 45 degrees.