Patent ID: 6484668
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A01K,E02F

Abstract:
A sea urchin collecting device for allowing an intended user to individually harvest sea urchins located within a body of liquid, said device allowing for the individual and sequential collecting of sea urchins having an urchin outer diameter below a predetermined threshold outer diameter, said device comprising:a collecting tube for individually collecting at least one of said sea urchins, said collecting tube defining a tube first end, a tube second end and a tube intermediate segment extending therebetween, said tube defining a tube inner diameter for allowing sequential movement within said tube of individual sea urchins having an urchin outer diameter below said predetermined threshold urchin outer diameter while preventing adjacent sea urchins from being in a side by side relationship within said tube, said tube being manually maneuverable for allowing said intended user to manually position said tube first end adjacent a targeted sea urchin located within said body of liquid; a pump hydraulically coupled to said tube second end for pumping an urchin-liquid mixture including targeted sea urchins and adjacent portions of said body of liquid into a collecting means, said collecting means being coupled to said pump.