Patent ID: 6711849
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A device for releasing bait of various sizes while submerged in water, the device comprising;a generally circular outer container, having a sidewall, the sidewall having a first plurality of openings, each opening in the first plurality being substantially the same size, a second plurality of openings, each opening in the second plurality of openings being substantially the same size, each of said openings being smaller that the first plurality openings, a generally circular inner container having a top opening, the inner container being closely received by the outer container for concentric rotation within the outer container, the inner container having a sidewall, the sidewall having a plurality of openings, each opening being substantially the same size, each opening being substantially the same size or smaller than the outer container first plurality of openings, the inner container plurality of openings being positioned such that the inner container is rotatable to: a first position wherein the inner container plurality of openings aligns with the outer container first plurality of openings; a second position wherein the inner container plurality of openings aligns with the outer container second plurality of openings; at least one additional position wherein the inner container plurality of openings is unaligned with the outer container first and second plurality of openings; a closing member for closing the inner container top openings; a locking device for fixing the inner container in the first, the second, or the at least one additional position; the outer container first plurality of openings comprises four vertically aligned plurality of openings spaced equidistantly about the outer container circumference; the outer container second plurality of openings comprises four vertically aligned pluralities of openings spaced equidistantly about the outer container circumference; and the inner container plurality of openings comprises four vertically aligned pluralities of openings spaced equidistantly about the outer container circumference, such that when the inner container is in the first position the four inner container vertically aligned opening pluralities align with the four outer container opening pluralities of the outer container first opening plurality.