Patent ID: 7409794

Claim:
A fishing bait projectile forming system comprising: at least one generally cylindrical canister having a circumferential wall, a first open end and a second closed end which define a longitudinal axis of said at least one canister therebetween, said circumferential wall is tapered toward said second end such that said first open end is larger in diameter than said second closed end, said at least one canister having support means on an outer surface of said second closed end, said support means comprising a plurality of radially arranged vanes extending generally parallel to said longitudinal axis of said at least one canister and being equiangularly disposed on said outer surface of said second closed end, wherein said at least one canister has sufficient volume to accommodate fishing tackle and a quantity of water sufficient to envelop the fishing tackle when the water is frozen; a carrier including at least one generally circular shaped socket for releasably holding said at least one canister, said at least one socket comprises a gap defined between free ends of a pair of opposed curved gripping fingers through which said at least one canister may be inserted into and withdrawn from said at least one socket, said gap being narrower in width than a diameter of said circumferential wall; and cooperating means carried by said at least one canister and said carrier for preventing slippage of said carrier with respect to said at least one canister, said cooperating means carried by said at least one canister comprising a flange at the first open end which extends both outwardly from said circumferential wall and in a plane perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said at least one canister, said cooperating means of said carrier comprising a tab with first and second portions, said first portion comprising first and second ends, said first end of said first portion being on an upper surface of said carrier and said second end of said first portion being above said upper surface of said carrier such that said first portion extends perpendicular from said upper surface of said carrier, said second portion comprising first and second ends, said first end of said second portion being attached to said second end of said first portion and said second end of said second portion defining a curved free edge, said second portion extending in a plane which is generally parallel to said upper surface of said carrier, said first and second portions being perpendicular to each other, a recess being defined between said upper surface of said carrier and said tab which receives said flange at the first open end of said at least one canister therein, said tab and said gap being on diametrically opposite sides of a periphery of said at least one socket.