Patent ID: 6047491
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: A01K,Y10S

Abstract:
A fishing utility apparatus comprising, in combination:a base plate having a planar, rectangular configuration with a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween defined by a pair of elongated side edges and a pair of short end edges, the base plate having a pair of thin feet each mounted to the bottom face of the base plate along the side edges thereof, wherein the base plate has a plurality of linear aligned circular bores formed therein along the side edges thereof;a plurality of upstanding plates each with a planar, rectangular configuration and having a periphery defined by a short top edge and a short bottom edge each with a length less than that of the end edges of the base plate and a pair of elongated side edges, wherein the bottom edges of the upstanding plates are mounted to the top face of the base plate such that the upstanding plates remain in a parallel relationship, the upstanding plates including a first end upstanding plate mounted along a central extent of one of the end edges of the base plate, a second end upstanding plate mounted along a central extent of another one of the end edges of the base plate, and a central upstanding plate mounted along a center line of the base plate, wherein the first end and central upstanding plates each have a plurality of vertically spaced oval slots formed in the side edges thereof which each reside in communication with the corresponding side edge, wherein the second end upstanding plate has a plurality of vertically spaced circular holes formed adjacent to and spaced from the side edges thereof;a top plate with a planar rectangular configuration having a periphery defined by a pair of elongated side edges and a pair of short end edges each mounted along the top edges of the upstanding plates, wherein the end edges of the top plate have lengths equal to that of the top edges of the upstanding plates, the top plate having a plurality of oval slots formed in the side edges thereof which are in communication with the side edges and each in alignment with one of the circular bores of the base plate, the top plate further having an inverted U-shaped handle mounted to a central extent thereof adjacent to one of the side edges thereof;a tackle box mounted on the top plate with a lockable lid pivotally secured thereon for housing fishing tackle;a lantern hook coupled to a central extent of one of the end edges of the base plate for hanging a lantern thereon;a flexible shoulder strap having a pair of ends removably mounted to central extents of the end edges of the top plate for carrying the apparatus on a shoulder of a user;a plurality of short pile fasteners mounted on the side edges of each of the first end and central upstanding plates and an elongated pile fastener mounted to the side edges of the first end and central upstanding plates for being releasably secured along the side edge of the corresponding upstanding plate by way of a coupling with the short pile fasteners, wherein rods situated within the holes and slots of the upstanding plates may be secured therein; anda pair of stakes each with a top end with a T-shaped handle mounted thereon and a sharpened bottom end, the stakes, in a first orientation, each removably extended through apertures formed in the base plate and into a recipient surface and, in a second orientation, extending through apertures formed in the top plate and the apertures of the base plate for storage purposes.