Chummer apparatus as an aid to fishing
OwnerRickie Bowermaninventor
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Abstract
The chummer apparatus is designed to lower ground or cutup fish chum onto a bottom of a body of water. The chummer apparatus consists of a U-shaped frame that supports a chum tube having the fish chum therein from an upright position and to pivot the same into an emptying position. One of the legs of the frame has a sliding release element thereon that in a lower position arrests the chum in an upright position on the frame but in an upper position releases the chum tube so that it can pivot downwardly into an emptying position.
Claims5
A chummer apparatus as an aid to fishermen comprising a U-shaped frame having two legs, a means for pivotably supporting a chum tube thereon, a slideable release element is mounted on one of the legs of the U-shaped frame, said slideable release element having a first means thereon for arresting said pivotably mounted chum tube in an upright positions and further having a second means thereon for releasing said chum tube to pivot into an emptying position when said chummer apparatus hits a bottom of a body of water, wherein:
- said first means for arresting said chum tube in an upright position includes a block on said slideable release element which block is engaged in a slot in a top circumference of said chum tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.