Patent ID: 7827732
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A handheld fish catching device comprising: a handle including a first handle end and an opposing second handle end, and a body wherein the body is a tube having a solid, side wall, unitary construction, a first body end and an opposing second body end, said side wall having a uniform diameter and extending from said first body end to said second body end, said first body end defining a first opening having a first diameter that is substantially the same as a width of a fish and enables the fish to enter said tube and to be removed from said tube, said second body end including a fixed end wall constructed to prevent the fish from exiting or being removed from said second body end, said fixed end wall defining a single, second opening having a second diameter, said second diameter being less than said first diameter and less than the width of the fish to prevent the fish from exiting through said second opening, wherein said first handle end is non-rotatably connected to a point on along an outer surface of said body about midway between said first body end and said second body end and is constructed to prevent the fish from entering said first handle end.