# US 12,108,750 B1 · Chumming device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,108,750 B1 - Document ID: US12108750B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/481,435 - Filed: 2023-10-05 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2023-10-05 - Applicants: Martin Schunk - Inventors: Martin Schunk - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12108750B1 ## CPC - A01K 97/02: Devices for laying ground-bait, e.g. chum dispensers {, e.g. also for throwing ground-bait} - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS ## Abstract Embodiments for a chum throwing device are disclosed. In a non-limiting embodiment, the chum throwing device includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The device also includes a container having a closed end attached to the shaft and an open end that faces away from the shaft. A level is attached to the shaft to provide an indication of whether the container is tilted or whether the container is aligned properly for use. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A chum throwing device comprising: a shaft; a container attached to the shaft, the container being configured to hold chum and having an open end that faces away from the shaft; and a level attached to the shaft, the level being indicative of a rotational position of the container around a longitudinal axis of the shaft, wherein the shaft includes an enlarged portion at a proximal end of the shaft opposite the container, and the level is attached to the enlarged portion, and wherein the container has a closed end at least indirectly attached to the shaft and a longitudinal axis that extends through centers of the closed end and the open end respectively so as to intersect the shaft, and the container is positioned on the shaft so that an angle between the longitudinal axis of the shaft and the longitudinal axis of the container is between 100 degrees and 110 degrees. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The chum throwing device of claim 1, wherein the container comprises a shoulder portion and a waist portion, the shoulder portion having a diameter that is less than a diameter of the waist portion, and the waist portion extending outwardly toward the open end of the container. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The chum throwing device of claim 1, wherein the angle is approximately 105 degrees. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The chum throwing device of claim 1, wherein the shaft includes a groove extending longitudinally on a back portion of the shaft that faces away from the open end of the container, and wherein the groove is configured to be contacted by a user's thumb for aiming the device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The chum throwing device of claim 1, wherein the container is attached to a longitudinal side of the shaft. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The chum throwing device of claim 1, wherein the level comprises a gas bubble that is centered when the shaft is held horizontally and the container is not tilted to a left or right side when looking down the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and the bubble is not centered when the shaft is held horizontally and the container is tilted to the left or the right side when looking down the longitudinal axis of the shaft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The chum throwing device of claim 6, wherein the level comprises a sealed tube that includes the gas bubble and visible lines that demarcate a center portion of the level. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The chum throwing device of claim 1, wherein the shaft is hollow. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The chum throwing device of claim 1, wherein the shaft has a grip portion with an embossed pattern. ### Claim 10 A chum throwing device comprising: a shaft; a container attached to the shaft, the container being configured to hold chum and having an open end that faces away from the shaft, the container having a shoulder portion with a round inner circumferential surface and a waist portion with a round inner circumferential surface, the shoulder portion having a diameter that is less than a diameter of the waist portion, and the waist portion extending outwardly to a rim that forms the open end; and a level attached to the shaft, the level being indicative of a rotational position of the container around a longitudinal axis of the shaft, wherein the shoulder portion includes a closed end of the container and is connected to the shaft, and wherein the container has a longitudinal axis that extends through a center of the open end and through a center of the closed end so as to intersect the shaft, and wherein the container is positioned on the shaft so that an angle between the longitudinal axis of the shaft and the longitudinal axis of the container is between 100 degrees and 110 degrees. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The chum throwing device of claim 10, wherein the angle is approximately 105 degrees. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The chum throwing device of claim 10, wherein the shaft includes a groove extending longitudinally on a back portion of the shaft that faces away from the open end of the container, and wherein the groove is configured to be contacted by a user's thumb for aiming the device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The chum throwing device of claim 10, wherein the shaft includes an enlarged portion at a proximal end, the enlarged portion having a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft at a location other than the enlarged portion, and wherein the level is at least indirectly attached to the enlarged portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The chum throwing device of claim 10, wherein the level comprises a gas bubble that is centered when the shaft is held horizontally and the container is not tilted to a left or right side when looking down the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and the bubble is not centered when the shaft is held horizontally and the container is tilted to the left or the right side when looking down the longitudinal axis of the shaft. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The chum throwing device of claim 14, wherein the level comprises a sealed tube that includes the gas bubble and visible lines that demarcate a center portion of the level. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The chum throwing device of claim 10, wherein the shaft is hollow. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The chum throwing device of claim 10, wherein the shaft has a grip portion with an embossed pattern.