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US 5,617,669 AGranted
Chum distributor
AssigneeLure'em In, Inc.
InventorStewart Levey
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Abstract
The container comprises a pair of longitudinally divided cylinder halves molded unitarily with a connecting "living hinge" running the entire length of the container. Mating fasteners are provided on the ends of the halves opposite the hinge. Weight-receiving pockets are molded integrally with the ends of the lower half.
Claims13
A chum distributor comprising a unitary molded plastic structure having an opened and a closed condition;
- the structure in the open condition comprising a pair of side-by-side coextensive cylinder halves divided longitudinally and hinged together by a living hinge along their adjacent longitudinal edges, each half comprising spaced parallel semi-circular end pieces and a curved perforated side wall connected to and extending between the end pieces, the opened container forming two adjacent units, the remote longitudinal edges being formed with cooperant fastener means, at least one of the semi-circular end pieces being formed with weight-receiving pocket means;
- the structure in the closed condition having the two halves pivoted closed with the cooperant fastener means engaged to form a perforated cylindrical container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.