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US 7,111,427 B1Granted
Lobster trap
OwnerKevin W. Gaughen, Michael W. Gaugheninventors
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Abstract
A lobster trap having at least two lobster feeding chambers separated from one another with no direct or indirect access from one lobster feeding chamber to the other(s), each lobster feeding chamber having a lobster trap head to the exterior of the lobster trap and a centrally disposed bait well accessible to each lobster feeding chamber, such lobster trap characterized by the lack of a parlor chamber.
Claims9
A lobster trap having an interior and an exterior and made of wire mesh material, comprising:
- at least two lobster feeding chambers disposed within said interior of said trap, each of said lobster feeding chambers separated from one another with no access from one of said lobster feeding chambers to another of said lobster feeding chambers within said trap and preventing lobsters from gaining access to one another if they are in different feeding chambers;
- a lobster trap head in each of said lobster feeding chambers for lobsters to enter each of said lobster feeding chambers from said exterior of said trap;
- and
- a bait well centrally disposed within said trap having a height, a top, and a top edge, said bait well having an opening defined at its top for receipt of bait, said bait well adjacent and accessible to each of said lobster feeding chambers, said lobster trap further characterized by a lack of a parlor chamber.
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A method of catching lobsters comprising the steps of:
- providing a lobster trap having at least two lobster feeding chambers;
- separating said lobster feeding chambers from one another;
- preventing access of lobster(s) in one lobster feeding chamber from accessing lobster(s) in other lobster feeding chambers within said trap;
- providing a lobster trap head in each of said lobster feeding chambers;
- disposing a bait well within said trap, said bait well adjacent and accessible to each of said lobster feeding chambers;
- providing an opening defined in the top of said lobster trap for gaining access to said bait well and to said lobster feeding chambers;
- and
- providing a lid for closing said lobster feeding chambers and said bait well.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.