Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Traps – Fish
Patent
1977-02-07
1979-01-16
Crowder, Clifford D.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Traps
Fish
150 48, A01K 6900
Patent
active
041342259
ABSTRACT:
A collapsible bait trap for fishermen and the like having a flexible container member of cylindrical configuration with one end substantially closed and the other end basically open, together with a flexible member with a small central aperture provided therein for reception in the open end of the flexible container to provide a reversible funnel-like member. The substantially closed end of the container is provided with a plurality of small holes therein for permitting water flow through the container. A coil spring is provided between the closed end and the funnel-like member of substantially the same diameter as the internal diameter of the flexible container when fully open. Said spring is of sufficient strength to normally maintain the container in the erected state but being also easily collapsed into a small telescoped article when it is desired to store the bait trap when not in use. A strap member is provided at one end of the container, which is of sufficient size to pass over the other end of the container when in the collapsed state, to prevent the spring from expanding the container. The strap member also will function as a handle when the trap is being used to collect bait.
A novel method of making this collapsible bait trap is also disclosed herein. This method includes the collapsing and taping of the coil spring, the placing of one piece of transparent plastic on an assembly machine table, placing the tape and collapsed coil spring in the middle of said one piece of plastic, placing another piece of plastic over both the collapsed spring and the one piece of plastic and then sealing and trimming the edges of the two pieces of plastic to form the completed trap. The assembled trap is then usable by merely severing the tape holding the spring collapsed which will then permit the spring to expand and erect the trap.
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Crowder Clifford D.
Glover Max H.
Jacobson Harvey B.
O#Brien Clarence A.
Rogers Virgil W.
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