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The improvements in a collapsible fish trap of the present invention include a flotation collar releasably secured around the flared neck of the trap above the fish-holding chamber in the trap, as by latch means in the form of one or more pins and rotatable latch arms. The collar maintains the neck

The improvements in a collapsible fish trap of the present invention include a flotation collar releasably secured around the flared neck of the trap above the fish-holding chamber in the trap, as by latch means in the form of one or more pins and rotatable latch arms. The collar maintains the neck in an uncollapsed, fully open state with the upper open end of the trap adjacent to the surface of water when the trap is immersed therein. This provides convenient access to the holding chamber. Moreover, the collar prevents loss of the trap and fish therein by sinking. In one embodiment, the collar is of soft resilient foamed elastomer. It can also be formed of hard foamed plastic segments, cork or the like, or can be in the form of an inflatable expandable doughnut. The float may include trap-locating means, such as a brightly colored surface layer, which may also be fluorescent or phosphorescent, to facilitate the recovery of the trap should it slip its moorings. The locating means may include light reflecting means such as reflector buttons on the surface layer, and/or light-emitting means such as flash-lights releasably disposable in pockets in the float. The improved trap thus is easier to handle and locate in use and yet is inexpensive, the collar with or without locating means being of relatively low cost and high durability.

대표청구항 ▼

A floating, collapsible fish trap comprising, in combination: a. a collapsible, portable, water-permeable, non-floatable fish trap having an upper chamber and a lower chamber; b. a flotation means for preventing said fish trap from sinking and for maintaining said upper chamber in an uncollapsed pos

A floating, collapsible fish trap comprising, in combination: a. a collapsible, portable, water-permeable, non-floatable fish trap having an upper chamber and a lower chamber; b. a flotation means for preventing said fish trap from sinking and for maintaining said upper chamber in an uncollapsed position generally above the water line; c. said fish trap being collapsible into a compact, portable position when not in use; d. said upper chamber of said fish trap including an upper ring member and a lower ring member, with wire mesh interconnecting said upper ring member and lower ring member; e. said flotation means comprising a non-sinkable, circumferentially extending collar; f. said collar when in operative position having an internal diameter significantly smaller than the diameter of said upper ring member; g. said collar having a height which is substantially the same as the distance between the upper ring and lower ring when said fish trap is in an extended position; h. said collar, in operative position, being disposed between said upper ring and lower ring so as to compress the wire mesh therebetween and thereby maintain said collar between said upper and lower ring; i. whereby said combination provides a non-sinkable fish trap having an uncollapsed, defined upper chamber when in an operative position.