Net having hoop frame connected to handle

US11166442B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AOB Products Company · US

Inventors

• Anthony Vesich · Columbia, US
• Dennis W. Cauley, Jr. · Fayette, US
• Timothy S. Kinney · Warrenton, US
• Michael Cottrell · Columbia, US
• James Tayon · Moberly, US
• Mark Dalton · Columbia, US
• Justin Burke · Columbia, US
• Brian Steere · Columbia, US
• Matthew Kinamore · Columbia, US
• Curtis Smith · Columbia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 9, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 12, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01K75/00
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A net for fishing or other purposes. The net includes a hoop frame connected to a pole by a yoke. The yoke defines sockets in which respective arms of the hoop frame and a distal end of the pole are received. Plugs in the arms of the hoop frame desirably prevent water from passing the plugs into the hoop frame. A plug in the distal end of the pole desirably prevents water from passing the plug into the pole. The yoke and plugs provide a robust connection of the hoop frame to the pole and help retain air in the hoop frame and pole for buoyancy of the net.