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US 12,302,877 B2Granted
Ice fishing net
AssigneeIcelander Inventions LLC
InventorEric Hansen
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Abstract
An ice fishing net apparatus that may be utilized to lift fish out of an ice fishing hole. The ice fishing net of the invention includes a hoop and net that is actuatable between a landing position and a netting position. The hoop has a round shape when viewed from the xy plane of an xyz coordinate system and further includes additional bends as viewed from the xz and yz planes such that the hoop conforms to a cylindrical sidewall of an ice fishing hole when oriented in either a landing or netting position. The ice fishing apparatus is particularly useful for netting fish from an ice hole while the user remains in an upright, standing position.
Claims20
An ice fishing net apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
- an elongated shaft having a hollow cross section;
- a handle fixed to a first end of the shaft;
- a grip slidingly engaged with the handle;
- a wheel rotationally attached to a second end of the shaft;
- an actuating rod extending through the hollow cross section of the shaft, the actuating rod having a first end fixed to the grip and a second end aligned and engageable with an outer circumference of the wheel;
- an actuating member having a first end coupled to at least one of the actuating rod and shaft and having a second end coupled with the wheel;
- a hoop connector coupled to the wheel;
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- a hoop adapted for receiving a net and wherein the hoop is coupled to the hoop connector.
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An ice fishing net apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
- an elongated shaft having a hollow cross section;
- a handle fixed to a first end of the shaft;
- a grip slidingly engaged with the handle;
- a wheel rotationally attached to a second end of the shaft, the wheel having a first slot extending into the wheel from an outer circumference of the wheel at a first orientation point, the wheel having a second slot extending into the wheel from the outer circumference of the wheel at a second orientation point, and the wheel having an aperture extending through the wheel at an actuating point, wherein the first orientation point, second orientation point, and actuating point are characterizable in relation to a rotational center of the wheel and each other;
- an actuating rod extending through the hollow cross section of the shaft, the actuating rod having a first end fixed to the grip and a second end aligned with the circumference of the wheel;
- an actuating member having a first end coupled to at least one of the actuating rod and shaft and having a second end coupled to the wheel, wherein the actuating member is coupled to the wheel at the actuating point of the wheel;
- a hoop connector coupled to the wheel and spaced apart from the first orientation point;
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- a hoop adapted for receiving a net and wherein the hoop is coupled to the hoop connector, wherein when a length axis of the hoop is oriented along an x axis of an xyz cartesian coordinate system and a width axis of the hoop is oriented along a y axis of the xyz cartesian coordinate system, the hoop curves through corresponding xy, xz and yz coordinate planes extending through an origin of the xyz cartesian coordinate system.
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An ice fishing net apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
- an elongated shaft having a hollow cross section;
- a handle fixed to a first end of the shaft;
- a grip slidingly engaged with the handle;
- a wheel rotationally attached to a second end of the shaft, the wheel having a first slot extending into the wheel from an outer circumference of the wheel at a first orientation point, the wheel having a second slot extending into the wheel from the outer circumference of the wheel at a second orientation point, and the wheel having an aperture extending through the wheel at an actuating point, wherein the first orientation point, second orientation point, and actuating point are characterizable in relation to a rotational center of the wheel and each other;
- an actuating rod extending through the hollow cross section of the shaft, the actuating rod having a first end fixed to the grip and a second end aligned with the circumference of the wheel;
- a wheel actuating member including a wheel tension spring, wherein one end of the wheel tension spring is coupled to the elongated shaft and another end of the wheel tension spring is linked to the wheel at the actuating point of the wheel;
- a grip actuating member including a grip compression spring, wherein one end of the grip compression spring is coupled to the handle and another end of the grip compression spring is coupled to the actuating rod;
- a hoop connector coupled to the wheel and spaced apart from the first orientation point;
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- a hoop adapted for receiving a net and wherein the hoop is coupled to the hoop connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.