Walking/wading staff with integral fishing net
AssigneeSilver Creek Innovations, LLC
InventorsJeffrey L. Blood, Carl Caylor
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Abstract
A telescopic wading staff with a full size, integral fishnet is disclosed. The preferred embodiment includes a retractable, extensible pole that can be moved between a first, fully compacted (retracted) configuration for transport or storage and second, fully extended configuration for wading, especially when traversing a stream or riverbed for fly-fishing. Other embodiments include a hook extension from the lower staff end for retrieving tangled lines, lures and the like.
Claims17
A fishing net that is capable of serving as a walking staff, said fishing net comprising:
- a net frame comprised of a proximal portion and a distal portion, a handle connected to the proximal portion of the net frame for effecting the purpose of walking;
- said handle being of a sufficient length such that said handle is capable of extending at least completely through a grip of a human hand formed with four fingers of the human hand wrapped generally parallel around the handle with the handle touching each of the four fingers;
- and an elongated support pole connected to the distal portion of the net frame.
A fishing net/walking staff combination comprising:
- a net having a proximal portion and a distal portion, an elongated support pole comprised of a distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end is connected to the distal portion of the net frame via a top segment, and a handle that can be grasped by a human hand and that is connected to the proximal portion of the net frame, the handle is used for gripping for effecting the purpose of walking;
- said handle cooperates with the net frame and elongated support pole to support a person when used as a walking staff, wherein the handle is rod-shaped and is further comprised of a nub having a diameter larger than a diameter of the handle and sharing a common centerline with the handle, wherein the elongated support pole is comprised of at least two retractable telescopic segments, wherein a first segment slides into a second segment to form a combined segment and the combined segment slides through the top segment of the distal portion of the net frame, whereby the staff is then fully retracted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.