Fish transfer bag
OwnerJudy L. Tiptoninventor
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Abstract
A bag for conveniently holding fish in water safely and for weighing the fish during a fishing tournament. The bag comprises a polymeric material which is water tight but allows oxygen to pass into the bag and carbon dioxide to pass out of the bag. The bag is fold-able but when filled with water, the bag has no right angle corners where fish tend to congregate and crowd one another. An optional hoop is provided which integrates with the side wall of the bag and will force the shape of the bag to remain in a preferred more rounded configuration. One embodiment includes a sealable closure at the top to fixedly contain the water and fish.
Claims3
A fish transfer bag comprising:
- a bag body with a bottom side, four upright sides, rounded corners and an open top, said bottom side and four sides comprising at least one polymeric film layer with interwoven mesh capable of supporting a load of water and fish up to the top of said four sides, said at least one polymeric film layer capable of passing carbon dioxide and oxygen there-through;
- a top edge of said four sides having a support band affixed thereto;
- a pair of looped handles fixedly attached to opposing sides of said support band;
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- a plurality of hook and loop fasteners around a periphery of said bag body, said fasteners holding a shape retaining rounded hoop around said bag body parallel to and above said bottom side.
The fish transfer bag defined in claim including a release valve near a top edge of one said four sides of said bag body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.