Weight belt for vertical orientation of fish
OwnerGary L. Hillinventor
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Abstract
A weight belt for maintaining the vertical orientation of a fish which has been rapidly taken from a significant depth and placed in shallow water without time to adjust the amount of air in its air bladder. The belt is placed around the fish between the dorsal fin and the pectoral fins, and has weights at the underside of the fish to maintain its vertical orientation by gravity.
Claims22
An apparatus for keeping a fish vertically oriented in water, the apparatus comprising:
- a. a belt for mounting around the body of the fish;
- b. a weight connected to said belt, said weight having a predetermined mass;
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- c. means for connecting said belt to a fish's dorsal fin.
An apparatus for keeping a fish vertically oriented in water, the apparatus comprising:
- a. a belt for mounting around the body of the fish;
- b. a weight connected to said belt, said weight having a predetermined mass;
- and
- c. a fastener mounted to said belt at an opposite side of the belt from the weight for mounting said fastener to the fish's dorsal fin.
An apparatus for keeping a fish vertically oriented in water, the apparatus comprising:
- a. a belt mounted circumferentially around a fish between the fish's dorsal and pectoral fins;
- and
- b. a weight connected to said belt at a fish's underside, said weight having a predetermined mass.
A method of keeping a fish vertically oriented in water, the method comprising:
- a. mounting a weight to a belt, said weight having a predetermined mass;
- b. placing the belt circumferentially around the fish between the dorsal fin and the pectoral fins;
- and
- c. positioning the weight at the underside of the fish.
An an apparatus for keeping a fish vertically oriented in water, the apparatus comprising:
- a. a weight having a predetermined mass;
- and
- b. means for mounting said weight to a fish at the fish's underside between the dorsal and the pectoral fins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.