Patent ID: 9420771
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. A trap for waterborne creatures, the trap comprising: a base having four outer edges; a pair of side panels hingeably attached so as to extend from a first opposite pair of the edges of the base, each of the first pair of side panels having a line receiving opening; a pair of inner segmented side portions hingeably attached so as to extend from a second opposite pair of the edges of the base; a pair of outer side portions, each of the pair outer side portions being attached so as to extend from an edge of one of the pair of inner segmented side portions; and a pair of connecting lines, each of the connecting lines being attached at a first end to a first one of the pair of outer side portions and attached at a second end to a second one of the pair of outer side portions, a first one of the pair of connecting lines being attachable to a first retrieving line portion extending through the line receiving opening of a first one of the pair of side panels, and the second one of the pair of connecting lines being attachable to a second retrieving line portion extending through the line receiving opening of a second one of the pair of side panels.