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US 5,704,158 AGranted
Tackle management system
OwnerMichael E. Whiteakerinventor
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A tackle management system for securely organizing fishing tackle or the like. The system comprises a cabinet with a passageway for removing and inserting boxes within the cabinet. Boxes are sized for storage within the cabinet. The cabinet includes a series of access and storage channels mounted along an inner surface of the cabinet. Each box includes a channel engager for interlocking with a channel. The channel engager provides for rearrangement of the boxes within the cabinet without disengagement of the boxes from the channels. A method of drying tackle while contained in a fishing tackle-enclosure by providing the enclosure with at least two openings and forcing air in through one of the openings and out through another opening.
A tackle management system for securely organizing fishing tackle or the like, the system comprising;
A tackle management system for securely organizing fishing tackle or the like, the system comprising a cabinet, the cabinet having a base, a plurality of walls, a door providing a passageway for removing and inserting boxes or the like into and out of the cabinet, a plurality of boxes adapted for storage within the cabinet and for accommodating fishing tackle or the like, the plurality of boxes being movable into and out of the cabinet, each of the boxes having a box opening for removing and inserting fishing tackle or the like, interlocking means for securing the plurality of boxes within the cabinet, the interlocking means comprising at least one box appendage extending outwardly from each box of said plurality of boxes, and a plurality of channels on the inner side of at least one wall of the plurality of walls, each channel of the plurality of channels being adapted for interlocking with the box appendage, the plurality of channels including at least one storage channel and at least one access channel, the storage channel extending a predetermined distance downwardly along one of the cabinet walls for positioning and securing a box of the plurality of boxes in a storage position, the access channel extending across an end of the storage channel the end being adjacent to the door, the access channel providing for positioning a box of the plurality of boxes in an access position, wherein the box is secured to the plurality of channels by the box appendage whereby the box may reciprocate between the access channel and the storage channel without disengaging from the cabinet.
A tackle management system for securely organizing fishing tackle or the like, the system comprising a cabinet sized for containing a plurality of boxes, a plurality of boxes being selectively removably secured within the cabinet and slidably movable therein from a storage position to an access position, whereby each box of the plurality of boxes is independently accessible and may reciprocate between an access channel and a storage channel without disengaging from the cabinet, and the access channel providing an entrance slot for inserting and removing the plurality of boxes from the cabinet.
For use with a fishing tackle-containing enclosure wherein fishing tackle may be placed in wet condition during use, a method of drying the tackle while contained in the enclosure, comprising providing at least a first opening in the enclosure for ingress of air, and at least one further opening in the enclosure for egress of air, and forcing air under pressure from an exterior air pressure source in through the first opening for forced air circulation through the enclosure and then out through the at least one further opening, whereby the tackle in wet condition is dried by the air circulating under pressure through the enclosure.
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