Container for aquatic live bait
AssigneeFlop Industries, LLC
InventorsCody E. Stokes, Thomas J. Dryer
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Abstract
A roto-molded aerated and insulated container for aquatic live bait with a seamless base into which is molded an air pump and a rechargeable battery receiver. Also molded into the base is a tubing channel interconnecting the air pump and an air stone positioned centrally in the bottom of the container. A lid hinged to the base has a gasket with air vent cut-outs sealed to a ridge formed on the rim of the base and with an ice pack attached to an underside of the lid with a strainer basket attached with straps.
Claims32
An aerated and insulated container for aquatic live bait, the container comprising:
- a base having an interior sized and shaped to hold water with aquatic live bait, the interior having a top opening sized and shaped to permit aquatic live bait to be inserted into and removed from the interior, the base having a sidewall and a bottom wall, the sidewall and the bottom wall bounding the interior, the bottom wall arranged to support the container, the sidewall and the bottom wall including a channel extending in and along the sidewall and in and along the bottom wall;
- an aeration system including an air pump, an air diffuser, and a conduit configured to fluidly connect the air pump to the air diffuser, the air diffuser arranged to deliver air to the interior of the base, the conduit extending in the channel, the sidewall and the bottom wall arranged to enclose the conduit in the channel, the air pump configured to supply the air diffuser with air via the conduit to aerate the water in the interior, the aeration system including a receiver mounted to an exterior of the sidewall and a battery releasably supportable by the receiver, the battery configured to power the air pump;
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- a lid arranged to close the top opening of the interior.
An aerated and insulated container for aquatic live bait, the container comprising:
- a base having an interior sized and shaped to hold water with aquatic live bait, the interior having a top opening sized and shaped to permit aquatic live bait to be inserted into and removed from the interior, the base having a sidewall and a bottom wall, the sidewall and the bottom wall bounding the interior, the bottom wall arranged to support the container, the sidewall having opposite first and second sidewall segments and opposite third and fourth sidewall segments interconnecting the first and second sidewall segments, the first, second, third, and fourth sidewall segments bounding the interior of the base, the first and third sidewall segments each having an exterior face, the exterior faces of the first and third sidewall segments being integrally formed with one another, the sidewall having an exteriorly facing sidewall recess, the first sidewall segment including the sidewall recess, the sidewall recess extending inward toward the interior of the base from the exterior face of the first sidewall segment, the sidewall recess being spaced apart and below a top of the sidewall;
- an aeration system including a battery and pump assembly and an air diffuser, the battery and pump assembly including an air pump and a battery, the air pump being fluidly connected to the air diffuser, the air diffuser arranged to deliver air from the air pump to the interior of the base to aerate the water in the interior, the battery and pump assembly being receivable in the sidewall recess for connecting the battery and pump assembly to the base, the air pump arranged to be disposed in the sidewall recess when the battery and pump assembly is received in the sidewall recess;
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- a lid arranged to close the top opening of the interior;
- wherein the battery and pump assembly protrudes laterally outward of the sidewall recess when the battery and pump assembly is received in the sidewall recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.