Patent ID: 7937882
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A system for holding a plurality of culling buoys and preventing them from being entangled until retrieved for use, the system comprising: a plurality of tubes affixed in a single configuration and mounted parallel to each other, side by side such that adjacent tubes are touching and further, wherein each tube of the plurality of tubes includes an upper opening and a bottom opening; a mounting system for mounting the plurality of tubes to a surface in an interior region defined by a plurality of walls of a live well; a plurality of culling buoys with each culling buoy having a lead, a float attached to one end of the lead, and a clip attached to an opposing end of the lead from the float; each of the plurality of tubes defining a tube interior that is of a particular diameter over a length of the tube, the particular diameter being larger than a largest diameter width-wise of the float such that the float can be received into the tube through the upper opening, pass through the interior of the tube and exit through the bottom opening of the tube, and the particular diameter being smaller than at least one width of the clip such that the clip cannot enter into the interior of the tube through the upper opening, the lead of the culling buoy being a length sufficient to allow the float of the culling buoy to at least partially extend out of the bottom opening of the tube when the clip is resting against edges of the tube defining the upper opening.