Patent ID: 6143333
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A01K,A23K,Y02P

Abstract:
A packaged fish attractant comprising:an attractant block including a top, a bottom and side surfaces;a package enclosing the attractant block comprising, a bottom wall fixedly attached to at least one side wall, the bottom wall and the at least one side wall having inner surfaces;a removable cover in sealing contact wit the at least one side wall, the cover having an inner surface;a bottom pad having top and bottom surfaces and of approximately the same size and shape as the inner surface of the bottom wall, the pad positioned such that the top surface of the pad is in contact with the bottom surface of the block and the bottom surface of the pad is near or in contact with the inner surface of the bottom wall;a top pad having top and bottom surfaces and of approximately the same size and shape as the inner surface of the cover, the pad positioned such that the bottom surface of the pad is in contact with the top surface of the block and the top surface of the pad is near or in contact with the inner surface of the cover;at least one oxygen scavenger positioned either between the inner surface of the cover and the top surface of the top pad or between the inner surface of the bottom wall and the bottom surface of the bottom pad; andmeans for suspending the block extending from beneath the bottom surface of the bottom pad, through the block, to above the top surface of the top pad.