Marine animal trap entrance gate

Details Marine animal trap entrance gate Marine animal trap entrance gate

1999-02-03

2000-03-14

Carone, Michael J.

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

Traps

Fish

43102, A01K 6906

Patent

active

060355751

ABSTRACT:
An entrance gate for a marine animal trap includes an elongate hinge member and multiple finger-like bails pivotally mounted to the hinge member in spaced-apart relation along the length of the hinge member. A mounting surface of the hinge member is positioned adjacent an entrance frame of the trap and has a generally concave shape that is adapted to fit the contour of the interior face of the entrance frame. The hinge member is removably mounted to the entrance frame using wire or plastic ties. A pivot end of each bail of the entrance gate is rotatably or pivotally supported within a guide space of the hinge member. The bails extend through notches formed in the hinge member opposite the mounting surface. The notches allow the bails to pivot inwardly from a closed position to an open position. In the closed position, the bails span between the top and bottom portions of the entrance opening. The inward rotational movement toward the open position permits a marine animal to enter the chamber of the trap by pushing against the bails. After the marine animal passes the entrance gate, gravitational forces, assisted by a rotation-opposing device, cause the bails to return to the closed position to block egress of the trapped marine animal. Excluder bars are optionally rigidly mounted to the hinge member at intervals along the length of the hinge member so that the excluder bars span between the top and bottom portions of the frame and thereby exclude larger marine animals from the trap.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2178789 (1939-11-01), Heath
patent: 3393468 (1968-07-01), Wood et al.
patent: 4356087 (1982-10-01), Miles
patent: 5924237 (1999-07-01), Ives

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