Patent ID: 6584727
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A live bait container for wade fishing and trolling, generally constructed of molded transparent plastic comprising a cylindrical body assembly, having a cylindrical wall with a lower end molded to a container bottom and said cylindrical wall having an upper end, a section of said upper end is molded to a lower end of a left side plastic mesh, all plastic mesh are molded containing a multitude of openings, and to a lower end of a right side plastic mesh, and a portion of an upper end of said left side plastic mesh and portion of a upper end of said right side plastic mesh are molded to an sloping plastic mesh back, and the remainder of said left side plastic mesh and said right side plastic mesh are molded to a top buoyancy chamber assembly, an upper end of said sloping mesh back is molded to a top buoyancy chamber sloping back, a keel, having a cutout for a hand hold and a hole for a two line, is attached on an exterior surface perpendicular to said cylindrical wall starting at said container bottom and continuing vertically to said sloping plastic mesh back where said keel angles up said sloping plastic mesh back and continues up said top buoyancy chamber sloping back and terminates at a top buoyancy chamber top, and inside said cylindrical wall opposite said keel, a main buoyancy chamber assembly is molded in a quadrant of said cylindrical wall, the location of said main buoyancy chamber assembly is designated as a front of said container, the opposite side of said container where said keel is attached is designated a rear of said container, and said container having an access opening, and an access cover assembly disposed on said front of said container between said main buoyancy chamber assembly and said top buoyancy chamber assembly.