CA1237281A - Folding fishing net - Google Patents
Folding fishing netInfo
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Abstract
FOLDING FISHING NET
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A folding fishing net having a foldable rim and handle is conveniently and compactly carried folded in a holster at one's hip during stream fishing. When a fish is caught, the fish net, using only one hand is unfolded quickly when the fish is ready to be netted. During its quick one handed rotating to unfurl the net-ting and continued quick one handed sequential unfolding around two orthogonal axes, pivotal joints of the folding fish net at four locations are utilized. After the unfurling of the netting, during the first unfolding from the compacted non use position, a then longitudinally positioned divided handle, pivotally connected by a then horizontally arranged piano style hinge, and a central rim pivot joint on the folded rim, presently located closely opposite the handle, are both pivoted downwardly at the same time, through 180° around a first then horizontally positioned rotational axis.
Thereafter, two rim pivot joints on opposite sides of the foldable rim are pivoted about a horizontal rotational axis perpendicular to the first rotational axis, to enable the rim to be unfolded from its half size up and over through 180° to full circle size, thereby supporting a full circular draping net which is passed under a fish.
The divided handle, when fully open, via its piano style hinge, backs against itself to prevent further rotational movement. When a fisherman continues to grip the open handle, refolding of the net is prevented, without relying on any locking means. During this rapid one handed deployment of the folded fish net into a fully opened net, biasing springs are relied upon to snap the rim into its circular configuration. Also extruded stops prevent further rotational movement of the components of the rim once they reach the then horizontal circular configuration as they are unfolded to support the netting for receiving a fish. The fish-erman, using his other hand to guide the fishing pole is still successfully managing the hooked fish as the fish is netted.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A folding fishing net having a foldable rim and handle is conveniently and compactly carried folded in a holster at one's hip during stream fishing. When a fish is caught, the fish net, using only one hand is unfolded quickly when the fish is ready to be netted. During its quick one handed rotating to unfurl the net-ting and continued quick one handed sequential unfolding around two orthogonal axes, pivotal joints of the folding fish net at four locations are utilized. After the unfurling of the netting, during the first unfolding from the compacted non use position, a then longitudinally positioned divided handle, pivotally connected by a then horizontally arranged piano style hinge, and a central rim pivot joint on the folded rim, presently located closely opposite the handle, are both pivoted downwardly at the same time, through 180° around a first then horizontally positioned rotational axis.
Thereafter, two rim pivot joints on opposite sides of the foldable rim are pivoted about a horizontal rotational axis perpendicular to the first rotational axis, to enable the rim to be unfolded from its half size up and over through 180° to full circle size, thereby supporting a full circular draping net which is passed under a fish.
The divided handle, when fully open, via its piano style hinge, backs against itself to prevent further rotational movement. When a fisherman continues to grip the open handle, refolding of the net is prevented, without relying on any locking means. During this rapid one handed deployment of the folded fish net into a fully opened net, biasing springs are relied upon to snap the rim into its circular configuration. Also extruded stops prevent further rotational movement of the components of the rim once they reach the then horizontal circular configuration as they are unfolded to support the netting for receiving a fish. The fish-erman, using his other hand to guide the fishing pole is still successfully managing the hooked fish as the fish is netted.
Description
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l~ folded to the netting for recciv ish. The fish
l~ folded to the netting for recciv ish. The fish
2 erman, usin ~ to guide the f ~ is still
3 ~ ccessfully mdnaging the ho ~ ~ ~e fish is n 6 BAC~CROUND OF Tll~ INVENTION
7 There is a need to provide a readily accessi~le compacted 8 fishing net for a stream fisherman which he may easily unfold 9 using only one hand to permit netting the fish while he controls the fishing rod and reel with his other hand. ~n respect to ll earlier developed folding fishing nets they are believed to have 12 failed to fully provide such a folding fish net.
13 Mr. Sundberg's fishing net, disclosed in his patent 1,524,957 14 requires three unfolding operations to open it, via six mechanically complicated pivot joints. One of its handle pivot joints re-16 quires a flex member locking means to retain itself in the opened 17 position. Also a rim pivot joint opposite the handle has a 18 sliding pivot joint requiring a flange for mounting. It is not l9 apparent Mr. Sundberg's folding fishing net may be operated entirely by one hand.
21 Mr. Mathews' fishing net, illustrated in his patent 2,579, 22 743 is believed to require the use of both hands when deploying 23 the fishing net. hlr. Walter's fishing net, disclosed in his 24 patent 1,169~311 is quite complicated and has a reduced opening for entry of a fish in~o the net. Mr, Hamil~on's fishing net, 26 shown in his patent 3,715,829 has a longitudinally divided handle 27 and is simply mechanically operated. However it does not fold 28 very compactly nor unfold to a full size circular shape. Other 29 earlier provided fishing nets of more general in$erest are disclosed in: Loomis ~IcVickar's patent 1,184,466; Mr. Chapman's , 1~37~8~
l patent 2,354,942; Mr. ~ieterich's patent 3,670,444; and Mr.
2 Smith's patent 2,040,714. Also patents 2,556,650; 2,939,239;
3 2,409,146; and 2,738,608; Canadian patent 486263.
SU~lMARY OF THE INVFNTION
6 When stream fishing a fisherman desires to have a fishing 7 net conveniently at hand. Yet, when it is not needed, he or 8 she does not want his fishing net obstructing his or her move-9 ment, nor possi~ly becoming entangled with clothing or equip-ment. This quick opening unfolding fishing net meets these 11 desires of a fisherman, by utilizing a two orthogonal axes 12 unfolding and folding arrangement, wherein the fishing net is 13 unfolded from a size which is a fraction of its unfolded size, 14 by employing a rapid one handed unfolding deployment, when a fish is t~ be netted. In reaching these operational objectives, the 16 design simplicity of the folding fishing net minimizes materi-17 als cost and eliminates production difficulties, while maximiz-18 ing mechanical and structural strength. This foldable fishing 19 net also features: a longitudinally divided handle, joined by a piano style hinge, affording maximum strength and rigidity to 21 the unfolded opened frame while the handle is gripped, keeping 22 the depending fish netting in an opened configuration with no 23 locking means being necessary; and springs biasing the ri~. com-24 ponents toward their open positions to facilitate their unfolding via the one handed rapid deployment of the unfolding fishing 26 net to receive a fish down through a circular entry of the netting.
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1 I)~SCRIPrION OF Tl~E ~RA~INGS
__ __ 2 A preferred embodiment of the folding fish net is illustrated 3 in the drawings) wherein:
7 There is a need to provide a readily accessi~le compacted 8 fishing net for a stream fisherman which he may easily unfold 9 using only one hand to permit netting the fish while he controls the fishing rod and reel with his other hand. ~n respect to ll earlier developed folding fishing nets they are believed to have 12 failed to fully provide such a folding fish net.
13 Mr. Sundberg's fishing net, disclosed in his patent 1,524,957 14 requires three unfolding operations to open it, via six mechanically complicated pivot joints. One of its handle pivot joints re-16 quires a flex member locking means to retain itself in the opened 17 position. Also a rim pivot joint opposite the handle has a 18 sliding pivot joint requiring a flange for mounting. It is not l9 apparent Mr. Sundberg's folding fishing net may be operated entirely by one hand.
21 Mr. Mathews' fishing net, illustrated in his patent 2,579, 22 743 is believed to require the use of both hands when deploying 23 the fishing net. hlr. Walter's fishing net, disclosed in his 24 patent 1,169~311 is quite complicated and has a reduced opening for entry of a fish in~o the net. Mr, Hamil~on's fishing net, 26 shown in his patent 3,715,829 has a longitudinally divided handle 27 and is simply mechanically operated. However it does not fold 28 very compactly nor unfold to a full size circular shape. Other 29 earlier provided fishing nets of more general in$erest are disclosed in: Loomis ~IcVickar's patent 1,184,466; Mr. Chapman's , 1~37~8~
l patent 2,354,942; Mr. ~ieterich's patent 3,670,444; and Mr.
2 Smith's patent 2,040,714. Also patents 2,556,650; 2,939,239;
3 2,409,146; and 2,738,608; Canadian patent 486263.
SU~lMARY OF THE INVFNTION
6 When stream fishing a fisherman desires to have a fishing 7 net conveniently at hand. Yet, when it is not needed, he or 8 she does not want his fishing net obstructing his or her move-9 ment, nor possi~ly becoming entangled with clothing or equip-ment. This quick opening unfolding fishing net meets these 11 desires of a fisherman, by utilizing a two orthogonal axes 12 unfolding and folding arrangement, wherein the fishing net is 13 unfolded from a size which is a fraction of its unfolded size, 14 by employing a rapid one handed unfolding deployment, when a fish is t~ be netted. In reaching these operational objectives, the 16 design simplicity of the folding fishing net minimizes materi-17 als cost and eliminates production difficulties, while maximiz-18 ing mechanical and structural strength. This foldable fishing 19 net also features: a longitudinally divided handle, joined by a piano style hinge, affording maximum strength and rigidity to 21 the unfolded opened frame while the handle is gripped, keeping 22 the depending fish netting in an opened configuration with no 23 locking means being necessary; and springs biasing the ri~. com-24 ponents toward their open positions to facilitate their unfolding via the one handed rapid deployment of the unfolding fishing 26 net to receive a fish down through a circular entry of the netting.
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1 I)~SCRIPrION OF Tl~E ~RA~INGS
__ __ 2 A preferred embodiment of the folding fish net is illustrated 3 in the drawings) wherein:
4 Figure 1 illustrates ~ stream fisherman fishing as he carries his folded fishing net in a holster at his side;
6 Figure 2 shows him netting a fish holding his pole in one 7 hand and using his other lland to guide his unfolded fishing net 8 beneath and then up and around the fish;
9 Figure 3 illustrates the folded fishing net removed from the holster and positioned substantially horizontally with the 11 netting still wound around the folded frame;
12 Figures 4 and 5 show the fishing net being oscillated in 13 a circular motion in figure 4 to unwind the netting from the 14 folded frame, reaching the position shown in figure 5 with the collapsed net depending from the frame;
16 Figures 6, 7 and 8 illustrate the fishing net frame and 17 netting being opened, with the first opposite rotary motions 18 of the frame members, being shown in figure 6, with respect to 19 a horizontal axis in the direction of the hinged handle, and the second rotary motion of the remaining one half of the frame 21 members, being shown in figure 7, with respect to a second 22 horizontal axis which is perpendicular to the first horizontal 23 axis, and with the fully opened fishing net being illustrated 24 in figure 8;
Figure 9 is an enlarged top view of only the foldable 26 handle and the foldable frame of the fishing net, without 27 including the netting, to particularly illustrate the structure 28 of the handle and frame;
29 Figure 10 is a partial side view of the outside of the left pivotal hinge joint of the foldable frame, taken on line 10-10 , ~ ~
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2 Figure ll is a partial side view of the inside of the left 3 pivotal hinge joint of the foldable frame, taken on line 11-11 4 of figure 9;
Figure 12 is a partial view of the outside of the leading 6 or center pivotal hinge joint of the foldable ~rame 9 taken on 7 li.ne 12-12 of figure 9; and 8 Figure 13 is a partial cross sectional view, taken along 9 line 13-13 of figure 12 to illustrate the leading or center 10 ¦ pivotal hinge ~oint, which incorporates its own abutments 11 ¦ to stop the unfolding, when the essentially horizontal fully 12 I opened fishing net configuration is reached, such abutments 13 ¦ being also used in the pivotal hinge joints illustrated in 14 ¦ figures 10 and 11.
17 ¦ DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
18 I As illustrated in figure 1, a stream fisherman carries the 19 ¦ folded fishing net 20 in a holster 22 at his side. When he is 20 ¦ ready to land a fish 24 he has caught, he holds the fishing pole 21 ¦ 26 in one hand and unfolds the fishing net 20 with his otller hand 22 ¦ to net the fish 24, as shown in figure 2.
23 I The one hand unfolding sequence of the initially folded 24 ¦ fishing net 20 to arrive at the fish landing unfolded fishing 25 I net 20, is illus~rated in figures 3 through 8. After the re-26 ¦ moval of the folded fishing net 20 from the holster 22, it is 2~ ¦ placed essentially horizontal as shown in figure 3, with the 28 I folded frame men~bers 28, 30, 32, 34 all similarly curved up-29 ¦ wardly in a vertical plane and positioned adjacent one another.
30 ¦ Frame members 28, 30, are reversibly curved all~ then straiglltened I
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1 ~or joining to the opposite plates 34, 36 of a piano type hinge 2 38. Preferably wood pieces 40 are secured to the frame mcmbers 3 28, 30 to complete a handle 42. The straightened ends terminate 4 on a bias 44, 46 and holes 48 are made at the bias locale to receive an optional cowhide loop 50 as shown only in figure 9.
6 From this position shown in figure 3, the fisherman using one 7 hand oscillates the folded fishing net 20 in a circular motion as 8 illustrated in figure 4, by including motion arrows, to unwind 9 the netting 52, until the closed netting hangs below the frame mernbers 28, 30, 32, 34, as shown in figure 5. Then, the fisher-11 man using one hand allows the compression spring 54 to assist 12 him in pivoting the handle 42 portions about the piano hinge 1338, whereby the frame members 28, 32 pivot or rotate together 14 to the left and the frame members 30, 34 pivot or rotate together to the right, as all the frame members essentially 16 reach a substantially horizontal plane, as illustrated in 17 figure 6.
18From this position, shown in figure 6, the fisherman, 19 still using only one hand, i.e. the same hand, as his other hand holds the fishing pole 26, uses an oscillatory flipping 21 motion to rotate frame members 32, 34, to complete the opening 22 of the overall frame or rim 56 with the aid of the forces of 23like tension springs 58, 60, as illustrated in figurej 7 and 8.
24 The netting 52 is then fully opened to receive the fish 24 as the overall frame or rim 56 is passed under the swimming hooked 26 fish 24.
27In figures 9 through 13, the preferred specific constructions 28of the three hinge joints 62, 64, 66, utilizing rivet pins 68 and 29 integral abutments 70, 72, are illustrated. The left pivotal hinge joint 62 is illustrated in figurcs 9, lO, and ll, inclusivc g- 6 1 of the tension spring 58 secured by fasteners 76. Integral abut-2 ments 70, 72 are made by bellding out portions of the foldable 3 overall frame or rim 56, as illustrated in figure 13. The right 4 pivotal hinge joint 64 is shown only in figure 9. It is arranged similarly to the left pivotal hinge joint 62.
6 rhe leading or center pivotal hinge joint 66 of the fold-7 able overal.l frame or rim 56 is shown in figures 9, 12 and 8 13. It is arranged similarly to the left pivotal hinge joint 9 62; however, no tension spring is utilized, for compression spring 54 is active along this horizontal axis determined by 11 the axis of the handle 42. The tension springs 58, 60 are 12 active along the left to right horizontal axis which is perpen-13 dicular to the horizontal axis determined by the axis of the 14 handle 42.
1~ Tn the open unfolded position of the fishing net 20, the 16 plates 34, 36 of the piano hinge 38 abut one another back to 17 back and are so held by the hand of the fisherman, against the 18 return force of the compression spring 54, otherwise operable 19 along this longitudinal axis. So long as the hand grip is maintained the opened net is stable and firmly supports the 21 netted fish.
22 Once the fishing net 20 is in this opened unfolded position 23 the tension springs 58, 60 keep the folded frame members 32, 34 24 rotated around the transverse axis against the respective abut-ments 70~ 72 and in the same horizontal plane of ~he folded 26 frame members 28, 30. The resulting opened positions of these 27 frame members 28, 30, 32, and 34, present a circular rim or 2~ overall frame 56 to support the netting 52.
29 After the fish is intentionally removed irom the netting, the folding fishing net 20 is folded by reversi.ng the directions .' I lZ;~7281 1 ¦ of the one hand moti O]IS in the re~crse sequence. The fo]ded 2 ¦ fishing nct 2n is then rc.ldy ror reentry into the holster 22, 3 ¦ wllere it is placed until quickly needed again.
4 ¦ In refcrcnce to the loop 50 on the handle 42, it is draped downwardly when the [ish net 20 is folded and in the holster 6 22. When the fislling net 20 is to be removed from the holster 7 22, the fisherman preferably first slips his or her hand through 8 the loop S0, so the loop will be placed around his or her wrist.
9 Thereafter the fisherman removes the fishing net 20 from the holst~
22. In this way, the fishing net 20 will not be unwantedly 11 completcly dropped. Also if a fish 24 is about to be netted, 12 but then the fish 24 decides to make anotller run in the stream 13 or lake, the fisherman may then release his or her hand from 14 the handle 42 to again operate the reel on the fishing rod 26, without completely dropping or losing the fislling net 20, for 16 it is again held by the loop 50 which is around the fishermanls 17 wrist.
6 Figure 2 shows him netting a fish holding his pole in one 7 hand and using his other lland to guide his unfolded fishing net 8 beneath and then up and around the fish;
9 Figure 3 illustrates the folded fishing net removed from the holster and positioned substantially horizontally with the 11 netting still wound around the folded frame;
12 Figures 4 and 5 show the fishing net being oscillated in 13 a circular motion in figure 4 to unwind the netting from the 14 folded frame, reaching the position shown in figure 5 with the collapsed net depending from the frame;
16 Figures 6, 7 and 8 illustrate the fishing net frame and 17 netting being opened, with the first opposite rotary motions 18 of the frame members, being shown in figure 6, with respect to 19 a horizontal axis in the direction of the hinged handle, and the second rotary motion of the remaining one half of the frame 21 members, being shown in figure 7, with respect to a second 22 horizontal axis which is perpendicular to the first horizontal 23 axis, and with the fully opened fishing net being illustrated 24 in figure 8;
Figure 9 is an enlarged top view of only the foldable 26 handle and the foldable frame of the fishing net, without 27 including the netting, to particularly illustrate the structure 28 of the handle and frame;
29 Figure 10 is a partial side view of the outside of the left pivotal hinge joint of the foldable frame, taken on line 10-10 , ~ ~
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2 Figure ll is a partial side view of the inside of the left 3 pivotal hinge joint of the foldable frame, taken on line 11-11 4 of figure 9;
Figure 12 is a partial view of the outside of the leading 6 or center pivotal hinge joint of the foldable ~rame 9 taken on 7 li.ne 12-12 of figure 9; and 8 Figure 13 is a partial cross sectional view, taken along 9 line 13-13 of figure 12 to illustrate the leading or center 10 ¦ pivotal hinge ~oint, which incorporates its own abutments 11 ¦ to stop the unfolding, when the essentially horizontal fully 12 I opened fishing net configuration is reached, such abutments 13 ¦ being also used in the pivotal hinge joints illustrated in 14 ¦ figures 10 and 11.
17 ¦ DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
18 I As illustrated in figure 1, a stream fisherman carries the 19 ¦ folded fishing net 20 in a holster 22 at his side. When he is 20 ¦ ready to land a fish 24 he has caught, he holds the fishing pole 21 ¦ 26 in one hand and unfolds the fishing net 20 with his otller hand 22 ¦ to net the fish 24, as shown in figure 2.
23 I The one hand unfolding sequence of the initially folded 24 ¦ fishing net 20 to arrive at the fish landing unfolded fishing 25 I net 20, is illus~rated in figures 3 through 8. After the re-26 ¦ moval of the folded fishing net 20 from the holster 22, it is 2~ ¦ placed essentially horizontal as shown in figure 3, with the 28 I folded frame men~bers 28, 30, 32, 34 all similarly curved up-29 ¦ wardly in a vertical plane and positioned adjacent one another.
30 ¦ Frame members 28, 30, are reversibly curved all~ then straiglltened I
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1 ~or joining to the opposite plates 34, 36 of a piano type hinge 2 38. Preferably wood pieces 40 are secured to the frame mcmbers 3 28, 30 to complete a handle 42. The straightened ends terminate 4 on a bias 44, 46 and holes 48 are made at the bias locale to receive an optional cowhide loop 50 as shown only in figure 9.
6 From this position shown in figure 3, the fisherman using one 7 hand oscillates the folded fishing net 20 in a circular motion as 8 illustrated in figure 4, by including motion arrows, to unwind 9 the netting 52, until the closed netting hangs below the frame mernbers 28, 30, 32, 34, as shown in figure 5. Then, the fisher-11 man using one hand allows the compression spring 54 to assist 12 him in pivoting the handle 42 portions about the piano hinge 1338, whereby the frame members 28, 32 pivot or rotate together 14 to the left and the frame members 30, 34 pivot or rotate together to the right, as all the frame members essentially 16 reach a substantially horizontal plane, as illustrated in 17 figure 6.
18From this position, shown in figure 6, the fisherman, 19 still using only one hand, i.e. the same hand, as his other hand holds the fishing pole 26, uses an oscillatory flipping 21 motion to rotate frame members 32, 34, to complete the opening 22 of the overall frame or rim 56 with the aid of the forces of 23like tension springs 58, 60, as illustrated in figurej 7 and 8.
24 The netting 52 is then fully opened to receive the fish 24 as the overall frame or rim 56 is passed under the swimming hooked 26 fish 24.
27In figures 9 through 13, the preferred specific constructions 28of the three hinge joints 62, 64, 66, utilizing rivet pins 68 and 29 integral abutments 70, 72, are illustrated. The left pivotal hinge joint 62 is illustrated in figurcs 9, lO, and ll, inclusivc g- 6 1 of the tension spring 58 secured by fasteners 76. Integral abut-2 ments 70, 72 are made by bellding out portions of the foldable 3 overall frame or rim 56, as illustrated in figure 13. The right 4 pivotal hinge joint 64 is shown only in figure 9. It is arranged similarly to the left pivotal hinge joint 62.
6 rhe leading or center pivotal hinge joint 66 of the fold-7 able overal.l frame or rim 56 is shown in figures 9, 12 and 8 13. It is arranged similarly to the left pivotal hinge joint 9 62; however, no tension spring is utilized, for compression spring 54 is active along this horizontal axis determined by 11 the axis of the handle 42. The tension springs 58, 60 are 12 active along the left to right horizontal axis which is perpen-13 dicular to the horizontal axis determined by the axis of the 14 handle 42.
1~ Tn the open unfolded position of the fishing net 20, the 16 plates 34, 36 of the piano hinge 38 abut one another back to 17 back and are so held by the hand of the fisherman, against the 18 return force of the compression spring 54, otherwise operable 19 along this longitudinal axis. So long as the hand grip is maintained the opened net is stable and firmly supports the 21 netted fish.
22 Once the fishing net 20 is in this opened unfolded position 23 the tension springs 58, 60 keep the folded frame members 32, 34 24 rotated around the transverse axis against the respective abut-ments 70~ 72 and in the same horizontal plane of ~he folded 26 frame members 28, 30. The resulting opened positions of these 27 frame members 28, 30, 32, and 34, present a circular rim or 2~ overall frame 56 to support the netting 52.
29 After the fish is intentionally removed irom the netting, the folding fishing net 20 is folded by reversi.ng the directions .' I lZ;~7281 1 ¦ of the one hand moti O]IS in the re~crse sequence. The fo]ded 2 ¦ fishing nct 2n is then rc.ldy ror reentry into the holster 22, 3 ¦ wllere it is placed until quickly needed again.
4 ¦ In refcrcnce to the loop 50 on the handle 42, it is draped downwardly when the [ish net 20 is folded and in the holster 6 22. When the fislling net 20 is to be removed from the holster 7 22, the fisherman preferably first slips his or her hand through 8 the loop S0, so the loop will be placed around his or her wrist.
9 Thereafter the fisherman removes the fishing net 20 from the holst~
22. In this way, the fishing net 20 will not be unwantedly 11 completcly dropped. Also if a fish 24 is about to be netted, 12 but then the fish 24 decides to make anotller run in the stream 13 or lake, the fisherman may then release his or her hand from 14 the handle 42 to again operate the reel on the fishing rod 26, without completely dropping or losing the fislling net 20, for 16 it is again held by the loop 50 which is around the fishermanls 17 wrist.
Claims (5)
1. A folding fishing net, unfoldable by the motions of one hand of a stream fisherman creating a circular rim supporting a depending netting, via rotations about a longitudinal axis passing through the center of a handle and about a trans-verse axis passing through the center of the opening created by the circular rim, comprising:
a) a circular rim having four frame members, two of these frame members of opposite hand forming the one half of the circular rim nearest a handle and arranged for joining a handle, and equipped with hinge portions at a transverse axis, and two of these frame members of opposite hand forming the one half of the circular rim farthest from the handle, and arranged with hinge portions at a transverse axis and there pivotally joined with other frame members, and arranged with hinge portions to be pivotally joined together along a horizontal axis passing through the center of both the handle and the opening provided by the circular rim;
b) a two piece handle having a longitudinal axis hinge, with respective pieces of the handle secured to the respective opposite hand frame members of the circular rim;
c) a netting threaded about the circular rim and de-pending therefrom creating a fish surrounding net; and d) a compression spring installed between the pieces of the handle where the opposite hand frame members first join the handle pieces, whereby the force of this compression spring aids in the rotation about the longitudinal axis of this fishing net from the folded position to the unfolded position.
a) a circular rim having four frame members, two of these frame members of opposite hand forming the one half of the circular rim nearest a handle and arranged for joining a handle, and equipped with hinge portions at a transverse axis, and two of these frame members of opposite hand forming the one half of the circular rim farthest from the handle, and arranged with hinge portions at a transverse axis and there pivotally joined with other frame members, and arranged with hinge portions to be pivotally joined together along a horizontal axis passing through the center of both the handle and the opening provided by the circular rim;
b) a two piece handle having a longitudinal axis hinge, with respective pieces of the handle secured to the respective opposite hand frame members of the circular rim;
c) a netting threaded about the circular rim and de-pending therefrom creating a fish surrounding net; and d) a compression spring installed between the pieces of the handle where the opposite hand frame members first join the handle pieces, whereby the force of this compression spring aids in the rotation about the longitudinal axis of this fishing net from the folded position to the unfolded position.
2. A folding fishing net, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotation about the transverse axis from the folded position to the unfolded position is aided by spring forces, tension springs being installed between the frame members about their joined hinge portions which are operable about the transverse axis.
3. A folding fishing net, as claimed in claim 2, wherein the two frame members forming the one half of the circular rim nearest the handle are extended longitudinally adjacent the pieces of the handle and adjacent the longitudinal hinge of the handle and are secured to both the pieces of the handle and to the longitudinal hinge.
4. A folding fishing net, as claimed in claim 3, wherein the pivotal hinges joining the opposite hand frame members at the transverse axis and at the longitudinal axis are stopped from pivoting farther once reaching the opened horizontal position of the circular rim, as abutments are provided on the circular rim at these pivotal hinges.
5. A folding fishing net, as claimed in claim 4, wherein the longitudinal axis hinge is a piano hinge, and the plates thereof abut one another to stop the travel, when the circular rim is fully opened in a horizontal plane.
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