US 11,856,934 B2
Pivotal ice hole cover
Michael J. Sahli, Maple Lake, MN (US)
Filed by Michael J. Sahli, Maple Lake, MN (US)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,398.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/346,745, filed on May 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380398 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 97/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 97/01 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pivotal ice fishing hole cover, comprising:
a ring configured to rest adjacent to and circumscribe an ice fishing opening;
a pair of hinges affixed to said ring;
a pair of pivotal lid portions, each one of said pair of pivotal lid portions affixed to a one of said pair of hinges and pivotal relative to said ring between a first closed configuration parallel to an ice layer primarily blocking said ice fishing opening and a second open configuration allowing access to said ice fishing opening;
an ice fishing line opening between said pair of pivotal lid portions that remains unobstructed both when said pivotal lid portions are in said first closed configuration and when said pivotal lid portions are in said second open configuration;
at least one spring urging said each one of said hinges to lift each one of said pair of pivotal lid portions to said second open configuration; and
a lid retainer configured in said first closed configuration to secure said pivotal lid portions parallel to said ice layer, and further configured to release therefrom, and thereby enable said at least one spring to move said each one of said hinges to lift each one of said pair of pivotal lid portions to said second open configuration.