Patent ID: 7503141
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising: bait basket having first and second pivotally connected halves for forming a complete cylindrical container, top, bottom and side surfaces in each of the first and second halves of the cylindrical container, one or more openings in the side surfaces of the cylindrical container halves, one or more hinges on edges of said side surfaces, said hinges pivotally connecting the first half to the second half, raised regions on the top and bottom of at least one of the cylindrical container halves for improving grip, protrusions and tabs on edges of the surfaces of the first and second halves for locking the cylindrical container closed, and protrusions and tabs on edges of the top and bottom surfaces of the first and second halves for locking the cylindrical container closed, an extension forming a lock mechanism projecting from the bait basket, wherein the extension has an enlarged, generally rectangular top surface that is larger than a generally rectangular base of the extension which is connected to the cylindrical container, a plurality of undercuts formed in the extension adjacent to the base of the extension, said undercuts forming a gap between the top surface of the extension and the cylindrical container, wherein the enlarged, generally rectangular top surface and the generally rectangular base of the extension are both smaller in dimensions than the generally rectangular openings in a wire grid so that the top surface of the extension is adapted to be inserted into and extended entirely through at least one of the openings of the wire grid, wherein where the entire extension including the top surface of the extension is inserted through one of the generally rectangular openings in the wire grid until the undercuts which form the gap are in the plane of the wire grid and the extension and cylindrical container are rotated roughly 45 degrees, one or more of the undercuts forming said gap receive the wire grid, and the wire grid is locked into the undercuts between said top surface of the extension and said cylindrical container.