Book net for crabs, lobsters, and the like
OwnerJerry Basileinventor
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Abstract
A trap for catching crabs or other crawling underwater animals; the trap including a pair of frames hinged to upstanding portions of a central frame, each hinged frame being fitted with a rope net, and the hinged frames are spring biased to a set position resting spread open on a bottom of a water so a crab or animal can walk thereupon to reach bait on a rod mounted between the upstanding portions of the central frame, after which the free ends of the hinged frames are pivoted upwardly by a tethering line so to trap the animal between the hinged frames, the trap then being pulled up out of the water.
Claims1
A book-net for catching crabs, lobsters and the like, comprising in combination, a central frame and a pair of pivotable frames, one of which is positioned adjacent each side of said central frame and both said pivotable frames being pivotable about one end of said central frame so to be provided between said position adjacent said central frame and a spread apart position 90 degrees away therefrom so that said pivotable frames are both on a common plane at right angles to said central frame, all said frames being made of a stiff material, said pivotable frames each having a loosely fitted rope net;
- spring means normally maintaining said pivotable frames in said spread apart position;
- a pair of nylon lines each having their opposite ends attached to opposite corners of a free end of each said pivotable frame and an intermediate portion of said nylon line extending through a loop at each corner of a free end of said central frame, while a center of each said nylon lines are attached to one end of a tethering line which at its other end can be held by a fisherman;
- said central frame being comprised of a U-shaped wire having said loops at its corners, and a U-shaped flat strip wherein bent over opposite flat ends are affixed to the opposite ends of said wire, said flat ends having bearings openings receiving opposite ends of said pivotable frames, and said flat ends also supporting a wire rod between said frames having bent up loops to which bait is attachable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.