System for growing oysters
OwnerAlf R. Satreinventor
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Abstract
In combination with a vertical row of trays suspended from carrying ropes and enveloped by a protection net where each tray has a rim and bottom net for holding oysters, a system for releasably fastening the trays to the carrying ropes; the fastening system includes converging notches or indentations in the rim of each tray and an enlarged detent on each carrying rope for releasably engaging the notches or indentations.
Claims8
In an oyster growing system with a vertical row of trays, each having a rim and a bottom net, being suspended from carrying ropes and being enveloped by a protection net, the improvement comprising fastening means on the rim of each tray for independently releasably fastening the trays to each carrying rope, the fastening means including indentations in the rim of each tray and detention members on each rope for insertion into the indentations, each indentation including a contraction providing a downwardly opening catch for a detention member whereby each tray is independently supported on the detention members.
In an oyster growing system with a vertical row of trays, each tray having a rim and a bottom net, being suspended from carrying ropes and being enveloped by a protection net, the improvement comprising fastening means on the rim of each tray for independently releasably fastening the trap to each carrying rope, the fastening means including a generally conical shaped indentation in the rim which converges toward the top of the rim to catch a corresponding detention member on each rope.
In an oyster growing system with a vertical row of trays, each tray having a rim and a bottom net, being suspended from carrying ropes and being enveloped by a protection net, the improvement comprising fastening means on the rim of each tray for independently releasably fastening the trays to each carrying rope, the fastening means including spaced-apart detention members on each rope and downwardly opening receivers on the rims of the trays for receiving the detention members, the receivers providing catches for the detention members whereby the trays are releasably supported on the detention members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.