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US 9,872,486 B2Granted
Deepwater fish release device
OwnerMichael Parksinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for releasing a fish into deep water, comprising a central member having an upper end portion and a lower end portion, a spiral member attached to the central member, the spiral member being spaced away from the central member and having a free end, a plurality of swivels, wherein one of the swivels can be connected the upper end portion of the central member and another of said swivels can be connected to the lower end portion of the central member, and a weight connected to the lower swivel. The device can further provide a weight on the central member that overcomes buoyancy of the fish.
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An apparatus for releasing a fish into deep water, comprising:
- a) a body having upper and lower ends, and a central longitudinal axis defined therebetween, each of said ends having an eyelet, and a central member positioned along the central longitudinal axis and located in between each of said eyelets;
- b) a spiral member having a spiral upper end that is immovably fixed to the central member at the upper end of the body and below the upper end eyelet in order to retain one or more fish below said upper end eyelet, the spiral member having a spiral lower end that is a free end spaced radially away from the body, and wherein said spiral member is wound into one or more continuous, spaced revolutions and spaced radially away from the central member about the central longitudinal axis, each of said one or more revolutions having a length that extends along the central longitudinal axis, said spiral member configured to hold the one or more fish upwardly from said free end and in between the spiral upper end and the spiral lower end and release the one or more fish downwardly off of the free end, wherein vertical travel of each of the one or more fish in an upward or downward direction is enabled between the spiral upper end and the free end;
- c) a weight connected to the body via the lower end eyelet.
An apparatus for releasing a fish into deep water, comprising:
- a) a body having upper and lower end portions, a central longitudinal axis defined therebetween, and a first member being positioned along the central longitudinal axis, each of said end portions having an eyelet;
- b) a second member immovably fixed to the first member at a connection at the upper end portion of said body and below the upper end portion eyelet in order to retain one or more fish below said upper end portion eyelet, wherein the second member has a free end portion spaced below said connection and a helical shape having a series of one or more continuous spaced-apart revolutions positioned about and spaced radially from the central longitudinal axis, each of said one or more revolutions having a length that extends along the central longitudinal axis, said second member configured to selectively hold the one or more fish upwardly from the free end portion and in between the second member upper end portion and the free end portion, and release downwardly the one or more fish via said free end portion;
- c) wherein the second member is spaced radially away from the body between the connection and the free end portion so that fish are able to move vertically in an upward or downward direction on the second member between the connection and the free end portion;
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- d) a weight attached to the body via the lower end portion eyelet.
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A device for releasing a fish having a buoyancy into deep water, comprising:
- a) a body having an upper end and a lower end, a central longitudinal axis defined therebetween and a central member;
- b) a spiral member having a spiral upper end that is immovably fixed to the central member at the upper end of the body, and said spiral member having a free end and a series of one or more continuous spaced-apart revolutions positioned about and spaced radially from the central longitudinal axis, each of said revolutions having a length that extends along the central longitudinal axis, said spiral member configured to selectively hold one or more fish upwardly from the free end and in between the spiral upper end and the free end and release downwardly off said free end the one or more fish, wherein vertical travel of each of the one more fish in an upward or downward direction is enabled between the spiral upper end and the free end;
- c) a plurality of eyes, wherein one of said eyes is located at the upper end of the body and another of said eyes is located at the lower end of the body, wherein the spiral upper end is immovably fixed to said central member below the upper end eye in order to retain the one or more fish below said upper end eye;
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- d) a weight connected to the body via the lower end eye that overcomes the buoyancy of the fish held by the spiral member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.