No stress dip net
OwnerJohn S. Griminventor
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Abstract
A fish dip net assembly is constructed of water permeable and non-permeable material and is designed to catch or permit manipulation of fish between containers or bodies of water while providing and maintaining a continuous water environment to prevent injury or trauma to the fish. The permeable portion of the dip net assembly is fabricated from woven mesh material, which permits the net to be used for capturing fish, while the non-permeable portion of the dip net assembly is fabricated from a water retaining material to provide and maintain a continuous water environment for the fish. Various embodiments of the invention for providing specialized functions relating to fish handling are described.
Claims3
A dip net comprising in combination
- a handle member and a net assembly,
- said net assembly including a frame connected to said handle member,
- said net assembly being composed of separate sections of water permeable and water impermeable material interconnected to define a pocket configuration,
- said pocket configuration being readily deformable in a water environment into a water retaining configuration including a lower porion adpated to provide and maintain a continuous water environment for fish within said pocket,
- said configuration of said impermeable material extending upwardly from said pocket to said frame member and adapted to form a pour spout about one area of said frame, the remainder of said frame having sections of said water permeable portion associated therewith,
- said water permeable section being adapted to facilitate capture of fish from a water environment and removal of excess water from said net assembly,
- said configuration of said impermeable section being adapted to provide and maintain a continuous water environment for fish during capture and transfer of said fish from one water environment to another,
- said frame being of generally rectangular configuration and said upwardly extending impermeable material encompassing one of the corners of said frame to form said pour spout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.