Patent ID: 7434529

Claim:
A live well vent unit for a boat comprising: an integral one piece ventilation vent comprising a vertically disposed open ended elongated sleeve projecting thorough a live well lid means said sleeve including a bottom end and an upper end, said top end including a mounting flange projection outwardly beyond the outer perimeter of a distal end of said top end of said sleeve; a partition extending a selected length from said top end of said sleeve dividing at least a portion of an interior of said sleeve into a first inward air flow passage and a second opposing outward air flow passage through said sleeve; baffle means extending from the partition and overlying a portion of said respective passages; said baffle means slopes upwardly and outwardly away from the partition and terminates in a free outer edge spaced a selected distance from the adjacently disposed end of the sleeve, said free outer edge of said baffle spaced vertically from said upper end of said sleeve catching and deflecting any level of air from any direction traveling over said ventilation unit providing a current of fresh air into said first inward air flow passage and into said live well circulating above the water held therein decreasing the water temperature and increasing the dissolved oxygen level in said water and being pulled out through said second opposing outward air flow passage via a venturi effect.