GB2381038A

GB2381038A - Combined pond hook and scraper

Info

Publication number: GB2381038A
Application number: GB0226614A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Graham Mervyn Booth; Patricia Ann Booth
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-11-15
Filing date: 2002-11-15
Publication date: 2003-04-23
Anticipated expiration: 2022-11-15
Also published as: GB0226614D0; GB2381038B

Abstract

A plastics device intended to service a pond comprises a head portion 4 screw-threaded onto a handle portion 1. The head portion 4 includes both a hook eg for lifting a pump out of the pond and a scraper for the removal of pond weed. The handle portion 1 is formed from two parts screw-threadedly connected at 3 and the head portion can attach at 3 if the full length is not required. The hook has blunt tips to avoid injury to fish.

Description

AQUATIC DUAL POND HOOK AND REAR SCAPER

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1] THE AQUATIC POND HOOK AND SCRAPER IS SPECIFICALY DESIGNED FOR POND USE.

2] THE AQUATIC HOOK AND SCRAPER IS MANUFACTURED FROM DURABLE PLASTIC, THE STALE BEING STRENGHTHENED TO COPE WITH THE TASK IT NEEDS TO DO, IT ALSO HAS FITTED A GRIP FOR A STRONGER HOLD, THE HANDLE IS THREADED AT THE BASE AND IN THE MIDDLE, SO THAT IT CAN IETHER BE USED WITH THE TOP SECTION SCREWED INTO THE HOOK AND SCRAPER FOR EASIER USE BEING SHORTER, THE BOTTOM SECTION IS USED FOR LONGER REACHING. E. LIFTING PUMPS OUT OR IN OR ANYOTHER USEFUL PURPOSES THAT IT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR 3] AT THE BASE OF THE STALE IS FITTED THE HOOK AND SCRAPER, A DUAL PURPOSE ATTACHMENT FOR BOTH LIFTING PUMPS AND CLEANING POND WEED FROM THE SIDES OF POND.

4] THE HOOK IS DESIGNED WITH A BLUNT END SO AS TO NOT ACCIDENTLY INJURE FISH, THE HOOK IS FOR USE TO MAKE EASY THE LIFTING IN OR OUT OF THE POND SUBMERSABLE PUMPS, WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO BE LIFTED BY THERE WIRE, NOT RECOMMENDED, OR PIPEWORK, AGAIN NOT RECOMMENDED, THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WILL PROVE TO BE INVALUBLE.

Claims

AQUATIC DUAL POND HOOK AND REAR SCRAPER CLAIMS 1] THE AQUATIC HOOK AND POND SCRAPER IS MANUFACTURED FROM DURABLE PLASTIC.

2] THE AQUATIC STALE HAS FITTED A GRIP FOR BETTER HOLDING, ALSO IT IS THREADED BOTH AT THE BOTTOM AND IN THE MIDDLE, THIS IS SO THE STALE CAN BE USED WITH THE TOP SECTION FITTED DIRECTLY TO THE HOOK AND SCRAPER ALLOWING FOR A SHORTER HANDLE FOR SCRAPING POND WEED OFF THE SIDES, ADDING THE BOTTOM SECTION

FOR LONGER REACHING I. E. LIFTING POND PUMPS OUT OR IN THE POND 3] AT THE BASE OF THE STALE IS FITTED A DUAL MOULDED HOOK AND AT THE REAR A SCRAPER, TUPIS MOULDING IS ALL IN ONE AND FITS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STALE AS IN 1, IT COULD BE MADE ALSO SO THAT THIS PART COULD SLIDE INTO A RECESS ALLOWING MORE VERSATILITY 4] THE WIDTH OF THE HOOKS MAY BE MANUFACTURED IN ANY SIZE THAT IS REQUIRED WHICH WOULD ALSO MEAN THAT THE SIZE OF THE SCAPER ALSO WOULD INCREASE IN SIZE ACCORDINGLY, THE HOOK SECTION WOULD ONLY NEED TO ME MADE SHALLOW, AS THE HANDLE ON MOST PUMPS ARE NOT VERY HIGH OF THE MAIN BODY.

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Amendments to the claims have been filed as follows A COMBINED HOOK AND SCRAPER FOR USE IN PONDS, FORMED AS A ONE PIECE PLASTICS MOULDING, AND COMPRISING A PAIR OF PARALLEL SPACED-APART BLUNT ENDED HOOKS EXTENDING IN A FIRST DIRECTION, A MEMBER SUITABLE FOR ACTING AS A SCRAPER FOR POND WEED, EXTENDING IN A SECOND OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND HAVING A STRAIGHT OUTER EDGE, AND A RAISED BOSS ARRANGED BETWEEN THE HOOKS AND THE MEMBER WHICH IS THREADED TO ENGAGE A THREADED HANDLE.