Patent ID: 6364150
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
An ice fishing bucket comprising:a bucket member having a circumferential side wall attached to a bottom wall, an interior, an exterior, and an open end positioned opposite said bottom wall, said open end forming a lip; a handle having a first arm pivotally attached to said side wall at a first point proximate to said open end, a second arm pivotally attached to said side wall at a second point opposite said first point, and a grip pivotally attached to, and extending between, said first and second arms; a lid having a large center hole, an inner circumference, a flange about said inner circumference, said lid engaged with said lip of said open end; a foam ring having a slit running horizontally around the median of said foam ring's outer circumference and projecting inward approximately the same distance as the width of said flange; said foam ring attached to said lid by engaging said slit with said flange; a plurality of vertical slits radially cut along said inner circumference of said foam ring; a foam disk placed in said interior of said bucket and adjacent to said bottom wall, said foam disk containing a plurality of holes radially distributed in vertical alignment with said slits and facing toward said open end of said bucket.