US 6,981,346 B1 | ||
Ice fishing hole strainer device | ||
Donald D. Wiezycki, 20033 Wild Rice Dr., East Bethel, Minn. 55092 (US) | ||
Filed on Jun. 28, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/879,930. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/493712, filed on Aug. 07, 2003. | ||
Int. Cl. A01K 97/01 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 43—4 | 18 Claims |
1. An ice fishing hole strainer device for capturing and removing ice particles from a newly drilled ice hole comprising
a) a generally cylindrical structure having a wall, a top end and a bottom end;
b) a stop ring having a periphery and an inside diameter, wherein said periphery of said stop ring mounted at said bottom
end within said cylindrical structure;
c) a freely movable, generally circular bottom member having a plurality of apertures therethrough, said circular bottom member
having a diameter greater than said inside diameter of said stop ring and being positioned in said cylindrical structure to
abut said stop ring;
d) a slotted hinge structure having a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion and an interconnection pivot
member, said first connecting portion having a slot and being mounted to the interior of said wall and said second connecting
member mounted to said generally circular bottom member said pivot member connecting said first and second connecting portions
to permit pivotal and vertical movement; and
e) an elongated handle member attached to said top end of said wall of said generally cylindrical structure and extending
upward and generally parallel to said wall, said stop ring and said slotted hinge structure cooperate to pivot, open and close
said generally circular bottom member within said cylindrical structure as said strainer device is lowered into and raised
from the ice hole to remove ice particles therefrom.
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