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US 2011/0214336 A1Published application
Tackle container with removable inserts having coaxially nothced posts
AssigneePlano Molding Company
InventorRonald D. Hoover
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Abstract
The invention is a tackle container that incorporates interchangeable and removable inserts. The inserts secure different kinds of fishing lures and baits. For example, the inserts hold segmented lures within notched upright posts. In this regard, the inserts may be suitably structured to hold spinner bait lures, buzz bait lures, or other fishing lures with segmented bodies. Moreover, the inserts are interchangeable to facilitate a wider variety of uses for the tackle container.
Claims20
A container for holding fishing lures, comprising:
- a rectangular bottom plane, having four walls connected to said bottom plane, forming an open container box, said four walls connected at the wall ends and forming a continuous sidewall of said container box;
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- a plurality of removable inserts, each removable insert of said plurality of removable inserts comprising a pair of end walls disposed at opposed longitudinal ends of a planar base thereof, the planar base of the removable insert disposed contiguous with the rectangular bottom plane of the open container box when said removable insert is removably connected to said container box, each of the pair of end walls of the removable insert of said plurality of removable inserts are removably connected directly to one of two parallel walls, respectively, of said four walls and contiguous therewith,
- wherein said each removable insert further comprises:
- a plurality of juxtapositioned posts connected to and each individually extending from said planar base, wherein each post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts defines a storage position for storing a fishing lure, with each post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts spaced apart from each neighboring juxtapositioned post with a vertical gap therebetween such that a plurality of juxtapositioned fishing lures are storable side-by-side, each post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts being substantially perpendicular to said planar base and having at least one notch within an uppermost portion of said each post, said at least one notch configured to accept a lure segment of a fishing lure and thereby securing said fishing lure within said container box without said fishing lure contacting any other post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts;
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- a plurality of corresponding juxtapositioned posts, connected to said planar base, each corresponding post of said plurality of corresponding juxtapositioned posts positioned across from a post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts, each corresponding post having at least one notch within an uppermost portion of said each corresponding post, wherein said at least one notch in said each post is substantially aligned with said at least one notch of said corresponding post, said notches suitable for accepting a lure segment of a fishing lure and thereby securing said fishing lure within said container box.
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A removable insert for a fishing container comprising:
- a planar base;
- a pair of end walls disposed at opposed longitudinal ends of said planar base;
- a plurality of juxtapositioned posts connected to and each individually extending from said planar base, wherein each post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts defines a storage position for storing a fishing lure, with each post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts spaced apart from each neighboring juxtapositioned post with a vertical gap therebetween such that a plurality of juxtapositioned fishing lures are storable side-by-side, each post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts being substantially perpendicular to said planar base and having at least one notch within an uppermost portion of said each post, said at least one notch configured to accept a lure segment of a fishing lure and thereby securing said fishing lure within said container box without said fishing lure contacting any other post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts;
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- a plurality of corresponding juxtapositioned posts connected to said planar base, each corresponding post of said plurality of corresponding juxtapositioned posts positioned across from a post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts, each corresponding post having at least one notch within an uppermost portion of said each corresponding post,
- wherein said at least one notch in said each post is substantially aligned with said at least one notch of said corresponding post, said notches suitable for accepting a lure segment of a fishing lure and thereby securing said fishing lure within said container box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.