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US 2006/0185215 A1Published application
Landing net with filled handle
AssigneeM Works Corporation
InventorGrant Corbett
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a landing net for use in sport fishing and, more specifically, to a landing net having a filled handle providing desirable flotation and strengthening properties.
Claims9
A landing net, said landing net comprising:
- (a) a hollow shaft having a near end and a distal end;
- (b) a core material disposed inside at least part of the length of the hollow shaft;
- (c) a tubular member formed into a hoop-like shape for holding a net, the tubular member disposed on the distal end of the shaft;
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- (d) a net framed upon the tubular member.
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A method for manufacturing a landing net, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) cutting or otherwise forming a hollow shaft to a predetermined desired length, the hollow shaft having a near end and a distal end;
- (b) inserting a first end and a second end of a tubular hoop-like member to which a net has been attached into the distal end of the hollow shaft;
- (c) fixing the first end and the second end of the tubular hoop-like member to the distal end of the hollow shaft;
- (d) sealing the distal end of the hollow shaft with a sealing agent;
- (e) disposing a foam-forming liquid inside the hollow shaft;
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- (f) permitting the foam-forming liquid to fill the hollow shaft with the resulting foam.
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A method for manufacturing a landing net, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) cutting or otherwise forming a hollow shaft to a predetermined desired length, the hollow shaft having a near end and a distal end;
- (b) inserting a first end and a second end of a tubular hoop-like member to which a net has been attached into the distal end of the hollow shaft;
- (c) fixing the first end and the second end of the tubular hoop-like member to the distal end of the hollow shaft;
- (d) sealing the distal end of the hollow shaft with a sealing agent;
- (e) inserting a core material inside the hollow shaft;
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- (f) sealing near the end of the hollow shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.