US 6,584,727 B1Granted

Live bait container for wade fishing and trolling

OwnerRichard Frank De Shazer, James Kirby Smithinventors

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Abstract

A live bait container for wade fishing and trolling comprises a hollow cylindrical shell with an integral bottom and a modified frustrum of a right cylinder forming the top. An access opening and cover assembly is disposed on the front face of the container. The container shall have a main and a top buoyancy chamber disposed to maintain the bait chamber submerged while keeping the access opening above water. The container's midsection, including the sloping back shall be plastic mesh. Other material used in the construction, except the access cover assembly, is generally of transparent plastic enabling the bait to be observed. The removable access cover assembly comprises a plurality of elastic strips with a retaining device on both ends that engage the container. Bait is recovered by reaching between the elastic strips. The container has a keel containing a handhold for carrying and a hole for a two line.

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Dependent claims

A live bait container for wade fishing and trolling, generally constructed of molded transparent plastic comprising a cylindrical body assembly, having a cylindrical wall with a lower end molded to a container bottom and said cylindrical wall having an upper end, a section of said upper end is molded to a lower end of a left side plastic mesh, all plastic mesh are molded containing a multitude of openings, and to a lower end of a right side plastic mesh, and a portion of an upper end of said left side plastic mesh and portion of a upper end of said right side plastic mesh are molded to an sloping plastic mesh back, and the remainder of said left side plastic mesh and said right side plastic mesh are molded to a top buoyancy chamber assembly, an upper end of said sloping mesh back is molded to a top buoyancy chamber sloping back, a keel, having a cutout for a hand hold and a hole for a two line, is attached on an exterior surface perpendicular to said cylindrical wall starting at said container bottom and continuing vertically to said sloping plastic mesh back where said keel angles up said sloping plastic mesh back and continues up said top buoyancy chamber sloping back and terminates at a top buoyancy chamber top, and inside said cylindrical wall opposite said keel, a main buoyancy chamber assembly is molded in a quadrant of said cylindrical wall, the location of said main buoyancy chamber assembly is designated as a front of said container, the opposite side of said container where said keel is attached is designated a rear of said container, and said container having an access opening, and an access cover assembly disposed on said front of said container between said main buoyancy chamber assembly and said top buoyancy chamber assembly.

A live container for wade fishing and trolling, comprising generally a cylindrical body assembly constructed of molded transparent plastic, having a cylindrical wall with a lower end molded to a container bottom of transparent plastic and said cylindrical wall having an upper end, a section of said upper end is molded to a lower end of a left side plastic mesh, all plastic mesh are molded containing a multitude of openings, and to a lower end of a right side plastic mesh, and a portion of an upper end of said left side plastic mesh and a portion of an upper end of said right side plastic mesh are molded to a sloping plastic mesh back, and the remainder of said left side plastic mesh and said right plastic mesh are disposed and molded to a top buoyancy chamber assembly, an upper end of said sloping mesh back is molded to a top buoyancy chamber sloping back, said buoyancy chamber assembly is molded of brightly colored plastic, and a keel, having a cutout for a hand hold and a hole for a tow line is attached perpendicular on the exterior surface of said cylindrical wall starting at said container bottom and continuing vertically to said sloping plastic mesh back where said keel angles up and sloping plastic mesh back and continues up a top buoyancy chamber sloping back and terminates at a top buoyancy chamber top, and inside said cylindrical wall opposite said keel, a main buoyancy chamber assembly is molded in a quadrant of said cylindrical wall, the location of said main buoyancy chamber assembly is designated as a front of said container, the opposite side of said container where said keel is attached is designated a rear of said container, and said container having an access opening, and an access cover assembly disposed on the front of said container between said main buoyancy chamber assembly and said top buoyancy chamber assembly.

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