Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Article held by receiver
Reexamination Certificate
2001-02-09
2002-05-07
Cronin, Stephen K. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Article held by receiver
C224S148600, C224S576000, C224S680000, C224S683000, C224S920000, C224S042210, C224S042210, C224S201000, C224S315000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06382490
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fishing tackle box worn about a waist and more particularly pertains to holding all items needed for fishing that can be carried about the waist for easy access.
Fishing is an activity that requires a person to have many accessories with them to enjoy their fishing experience. Many fishing accessories are held in a tackle box that a person fishing will keep at their side to reach. Other items a person fishing uses will be kept nearby, requiring the person fishing to look for when needed. This will often require the person fishing to put his fishing pole down at a time when a fish might be catchable. What is needed is a device that will allow a person fishing to hold these items and attach to his body for easy access so that the fishing pole does not have to be abandoned anytime during the fishing experience.
The present invention attempts to solve the abovementioned problem by providing a waist-mountable tackle box that also includes a first aid kit, a water bottle, and all-in-one tool, to facilitate the fishing experience.
The use of fishing devices and accessories is known in the prior art. More specifically, fishing devices and accessories heretofore devised and utilized for facilitating fishing are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art that have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,397,040 to Lee discloses a waist worn fishing tackle carrier comprising a flexible pack with a variety of different sized individual storage compartments. U.S. Pat. No. 4,323,181 to Spasoff discloses a belt mounted fishing tackle holder comprising a fishing rod holding compartment. U.S. Pat. No. 4,957,231 to Kalisher discloses a tackle box belt device comprising a plurality of pockets for holding fishing accessories.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a fishing tackle box worn about a waist for holding all items needed for fishing that can be carried about the waist for easy access.
In this respect, the fishing tackle box worn about a waist according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of holding all items needed for fishing that can be carried about the waist for easy access.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved fishing tackle box worn about a waist that can be used for holding all items needed for fishing that can be carried about the waist for easy access. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of fishing devices and accessories now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved fishing tackle box worn about a waist. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved fishing tackle box worn about a waist that has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a tackle box portion having a generally rectangular configuration. The tackle box portion has a front face, a back face, a top face, a bottom face, and opposed side faces. The front face is defined by a plurality of compartments being slidably disposed therein. The front face has a cover panel hingedly coupled thereto. The cover panel is openable to a position essentially perpendicular to the front face. The opposed side faces each have a belt strap extending outwardly therefrom. The belt straps each have corresponding male and female buckles for securing the tackle box portion around a waist of a user. A water bottle is removably coupled with one of the belt straps of the tackle box portion. A storage pouch is disposed within the cover panel of the tackle box portion. The storage pouch contains a first aid kit therein. A tool portion is removably coupled with one of the belt straps of the tackle box portion. The tool portion comprises a handle portion. The handle portion includes a plurality of instruments that can be extended outwardly therefrom. The plurality of instruments includes pliers, a utility knife, a hook file, scissors, a pair of screwdrivers, a bottle opener, a tape measure, a lanyard, and a fish scale.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fishing tackle box worn about a waist that has all the advantages of the prior art fishing devices and accessories and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fishing tackle box worn about a waist that may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fishing tackle box worn about a waist that is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved fishing tackle box worn about a waist that is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a fishing tackle box worn about a waist economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved fishing tackle box worn about a waist for holding all items needed for fishing that can be carried about the waist for easy access.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fishing tackle box worn about a waist including a tackle box portion having a front face, a back face, a top face, a bottom face, and opposed side faces. The front face is defined by a plurality of compartments being slidably disposes therein. The front face has a cover panel hingedly coupled thereto. The cover panel is openable to a position essentially perpendicular to the front face. The opposed side faces each have a belt strap extending outwardly therefrom. The belt straps each have corresponding male and female buckles for securing the tackle box portion around a waist of a user.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty that characterize the invention, are
Cronin Stephen K.
Goldstein Law Offices P.C.
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