Patent ID: 8291863
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A01K,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A transportable device for colonizing and harvesting invertebrate animals in proximity to a floor of a body of water, the device comprising: at least two quadrangular frames, each of which include a trapping surface; a central hinge disposed between opposing, inner traverse sides of the at least two quadrangular frames and having a first one-way folding direction, the at least two quadrangular frames having an opening angle with respect to each other that is adaptable to a structure the floor of the body of water; a first and a second secondary hinge respectively disposed on opposite sides of the central hinge, each of the secondary hinges having a second one-way folding direction that is opposite to the first one-way folding direction; a locking device configured to lock at least one of the central hinge and the secondary hinges; tubular structural elements respectively disposed in a parallel arrangement to each other on the at least two quadrangular frames at the opposing, inner traverse sides, between the central hinge and a respective one of the secondary hinges, and at outer transverse sides of the at least two quadrangular frames; and a hoisting and slackening device including ropes configured to engage the at least two quadrangular frames on opposing longitudinal sides of the at least two quadrangular frames.