Fish receiving hopper
OwnerJames M. Dunhaminventor
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Abstract
A fish receiving hopper in cooperation with an ice chest, live well or other fish storage container or vessel, which includes a molded shell adapted to fit on the top of the ice chest, live well, or alternative vessel, which shell carries a downwardly extending chute and a cooperating hinged door adapted to open when a fish is tossed onto the chute and slides downwardly by the force of gravity to strike the hinged door. The fish storage hopper may be removably fitted to or hinged to the ice chest, live well, or other fish storage vessel.
Claims12
A fish receiving hopper for use with a fish storage container comprising a shell-like cover, a downwardly extending chute disposed in the top of said shell-like cover and having a bottom terminus edge, and a substantially vertically oriented door having the top edge hinged to said shell-like cover and the bottom edge normally co-extensive with and adjacent said bottom terminus edge of said chute in closed configuration, whereby when a fish is caused to slide down said chute and contact said door, said door is displaced from said bottom terminus edge and swings open to permit said fish to fall into said storage container and returns to said closed configuration by operation of gravity after passage of said fish.
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