Fishing line reforming for safe disposal
OwnerMark Lewisinventor
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Abstract
A forming device for forming fishing line into a compacted form that is safe to dispose of without the risk of harm caused by tangling includes a container with a bottom wall and a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall is coupled to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The container defines an interior volume bounded by the bottom wall and the perimeter wall. A plunger is slidably coupled to the interior volume of the container, and a heater is provided which is configured to transmit heat into the interior volume of the container.
Claims13
A forming device for safely disposing of fishing line, the forming device comprising:
- a container comprising a bottom wall and a perimeter wall, the perimeter wall being coupled to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the container defining an interior volume bounded by the bottom wall and the perimeter wall;
- a plunger slidably coupled to the interior volume of the container;
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- a heater configured to transmit heat into the interior volume of the container.
A forming device for safely disposing of fishing line, the forming device comprising:
- a container comprising a bottom wall and a perimeter wall, the perimeter wall being coupled to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the container defining an interior volume bounded by the bottom wall and the perimeter wall, a top edge of the perimeter wall defining an opening to the interior volume of the container, an interior portion of the perimeter wall comprising a frictionally reduced material, the frictionally reduced material comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE);
- a plunger slidably coupled to the interior volume of the container, the plunger comprising:
- a head which is complementary in shape to the interior volume of the container;
- a rod coupled to and extending away from the head;
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- a grip coupled to the rod opposite the head;
- a container heater coupled to the container, the container heater being activatable to heat the container, the container heater being embedded in the bottom wall and the perimeter wall of the container;
- a lid coupled to the container, the lid being movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to the opening to the interior volume of the container, the lid being pivotably coupled to the perimeter wall of the container, the lid defining a through hole which extends through the lid, the through hole slidably receiving the rod of the plunger;
- a plunger heater embedded in the head of the plunger, the plunger heater being activatable to heat the head of the plunger;
- a power supply electrically coupled to the container heater and the plunger heater, the power supply being mounted on the container, the power supply comprising a battery;
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- a switch electrically coupled to the power supply, the container heater, and the plunger heater, the switch being actuatable to selectively power the container heater and the plunger heater via the power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.