Patent ID: 8186097

Claim:
A device for identifying a weight of a caught animal comprising: a retainer adapted to attach to the animal; a floating element comprising a center section and two dial sections attached to opposite ends of the center section such that the center section is located between the dial sections, the dial sections being mounted to the center section so as to be independently rotatable with respect to the center section and each other, the center section defining at least two openings, the dial sections being rotatable to display indicia that designate a weight of the animal, the center section further comprising a biasing member for selectively locking the dial sections in a chosen position and unlocking the dial sections so as to be freely rotatable, and wherein an outer surface of each of the dial sections is exposed 360 degrees about the dial section's rotational axis such that a user may easily grip the dial section to rotate it, wherein each dial section comprises an extension defining a unit surface bearing a plurality of indicia and the center section defines at least two openings, wherein only one of the plurality of indicia of each dial section's unit surface can be substantially viewed through one of the plurality of openings and such that each dial section can be rotated to display a selected one of the respective dial section's plurality of indicia through one of the plurality of openings.