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US 2004/0163267 A1Published application
Device and method for measuring the length of a fish
OwnerVincent Patrick Biniinventor
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Abstract
A compact and portable measuring device that is quickly and easily attachable to a fish holding device, at an end of the fish, and provides a visually readable scale, which can be used to easily identify the length of the fish and can later be read in a photograph of the fish and measuring device, even if taken at a distance away from the fish and the device.
Claims12
A device for measuring the length of a fish comprising:
- a foldable tape section having distance indicators along the length of said tape;
- and
- a base section attachable to a fish-holding device and to said foldable tape section.
A method of measuring a fish comprising:
- holding a fish at a first end with a holding device;
- attaching a measuring device, having a base and a measuring tape, to the holder at the first end of the fish;
- extending the measuring tape longitudinally in the direction of the body of the fish with the fish being positioned between the tape and an observer;
- and
- visually determining the length of the fish by comparing a distal second end of the fish to distance indicators provided on the tape.
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