One man seine
OwnerDavid D. Clineinventor
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Abstract
A purse type seine readily operable by one person. Includes a woven purse seine, a rectangular support frame connected to the perimeter of the intake opening, and an elongated operating handle connected to the upper side of the frame at a selected angle permitting the person to manually operate the seine when walking behind the seine where the frame and purse opening remains ahead of the person with the bottom edge of the said frame extending slightly further ahead than the top edge of said frame. A flotation device is attached to the seine near the full depth of the purse and disposed to be on the top of the seine when the person is pushing the frame through water.
Claims20
In a purse type seine readily operable by only one person to catch fish, crustacea, and the like, the combination comprising:
- (a) a woven purse seine of selected mesh size, depth of purse and intake opening;
- (b) a generally rectangular support frame formed generally of greater width than height connected to the entire perimeter of said intake opening to maintain said intake opening to be the size of said frame;
- (c) an elongated operating handle connected to the upper side of said frame at a selected angle permitting said person to manually operate the seine while walking adjacent to the seine where said frame and said opening remains ahead of said person with the bottom edge of said frame extending along or near the bottom of a body of water;
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- (d) flotation means attached to said seine near the full depth of said pocket and disposed to be on the top of said seine when the operator is pushing said frame through water.
In a purse type seine readily operable by only one person to catch fish, crustacea, and the like, the combination comprising:
- (a) a woven purse seine of selected mesh size, depth of purse and intake opening;
- (b) a generally rectangular support frame formed generally of greater width than height connected to the entire perimeter of said intake opening to maintain said intake opening to be the size of said frame;
- (c) an elongated operating handle connected to the upper side of said frame at a selected angle permitting said person to manually operate the seine while walking adjacent to the seine where said frame and said opening remains ahead of said person with the bottom edge of said frame extending along or near the bottom of a body of water;
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- (d) flotation means attached to said seine near the full depth of said pocket and disposed to be on the top of said seine when the operator is pushing said frame through water;
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- (e) a releasable connector means for detachably connecting said operating handle to said frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.