Patent ID: 6765155
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: G01B,G01G

Abstract:
An apparatus for weighing fish, comprising:a) a housing, said housing being L-shaped having a generally horizontal face and a generally vertical face thereon, said horizontal face having a first and second ends a topside and an underside, said vertical face having a frontside and a rearside; b) an end wall disposed on said first end of said housing, said end wall having an inner and outer face, and an upper edge and a front edge; c) a handle disposed on said rearside of said vertical face; d) a measuring scale disposed on said topside of said horizontal face for measuring a fish; e) means for weighing a fish disposed internal said end wall comprising a weighing scale, at least one weighing scale readout, and a weight hook device for attachment to a fish to be weighed whereby a fish can be weighed; f) means for lighting disposed on said end wall comprising a light bulb disposed on said inner face of said end wall, a switch disposed on said front edge of said end wall for controlling said light bulb, and a power supply for said light bulb and switch comprising a battery and a battery compartment disposed on said outer face of said end wall whereby a fish can be weighed in the dark; g) a plurality of pictorial indicia disposed on said frontside of said vertical face for providing information to a user; and h) a weigh scale compartment having an access door thereon disposed on said outer face of said end wall, said compartment containing said weighing scale and said weight hook device.