Patent · US Expired

Floating fish stringer

US5467908A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
15References
10Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 16, 1994
Grant dateNov 21, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 16, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01K65/00
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a fish stringer for underwater maintenance of live captured fish, the fish stringer comprising, in combination: a buoyant element having a generally oblong shape and ballast in its underside, a towing line secured at one end thereof to the buoyant element and to be releasably secured at the opposite end to a watercraft, an angler or a fixed object, a fish stringing line secured at one end thereof to the buoyant element and having a needle element at the other end thereof for threading the fish stringing line through the gills and mouth of captured fish, the fish stringing line extending generally underwater below the buoyant element, and an adjustment structure for adjusting the operational length of the fish stringing line.

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