Patent ID: 7627980
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A snell holding and storing device that comprises: an inner holder portion, an outer holder portion, the outer holder portion having a floor, means for sealingly attaching the inner holder portion to the outer holder portion, a snell holder portion, the snell holder portion being attached to the inner holder portion and extending downwardly and into the outer holder portion when the inner portion and the outer portion are attached to one another, the snell holder portion further comprising a resilient foamed plastic material having a hollow center disposed axially within the snell holder portion and having a lowermost portion, the snell holder portion further comprising a plurality of substantially transversely-disposed and circumferentially-cut slots defined within the resilient foamed plastic material for pinching and retaining a snell within each such slot for organizing a plurality of snells disposed on said snell holder portion, a pipe-like structure extending axially within the hollow center of the snell holder portion, a portion of the pipe-like structure being disposed at the lowermost portion of the snell holder portion, a hollow protective member that is inserted into the portion of the pipe-like structure that is disposed at the lowermost portion of the snell holder portion, and an inwardly extending projection disposed on the floor within the outer holder portion, wherein engagement of the hollow protective member with the inwardly extending projection of the outer holder portion centers the inner holder portion relative to the outer holder portion and stabilizes an axial position of the inner holder portion relative to the outer holder portion.