US 12,232,486 B2
Case, column, and method for breeding bivalves
Philippe Cambon, Meze (FR); and Christophe Cambon, Loupian (FR)
Assigned to EARL CAMBON &FILS, Meze (FR)
Appl. No. 17/624,331
Filed by EARL CAMBON & FILS, Meze (FR)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068535
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 31, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/001430, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1907292 (FR), filed on Jul. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272950 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 61/55 (2017.01)
CPC A01K 61/55 (2017.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A breeding case for bivalves, comprising:
a submersible body having an upper portion 22 and a lower portion 23 opposite said upper portion:
an orifice extending through the body and having a suspension axis A-A;
a housing being provided in said submersible body and being configured so as to receive and protect a bivalve,
wherein said submersible body comprises:
a framework comprising: an upper rim, a lower rim 213, and a side wall 212 between said upper rim and said lower rim,
wherein said upper rim is configured to define said upper portion,
wherein said lower rim is configured to define said lower portion,
wherein said framework further comprises: a first branch 21, 21b having a first axis (B-B); and a second branch 21, 21c having a second axis (C-C), said first axis being perpendicular to said second axis,
wherein said first branch 21, 21b intersects said second branch 21, 21c at a point 21d, said first axis (B-B) and said second axis (C-C) forming a plane, said orifice being placed at said point, said suspension axis being perpendicular to said plane,
wherein said first branch and said second branch define said housing,
wherein said housing comprises: a bottom; and a protective wall extending from said bottom, said protective wall having an upper edge disposed at said upper portion and a lower edge 33 opposite said upper edge, and
wherein said bottom 30 is configured to define said lower portion 23 with said lower rim 213;
a movement groove; and
locking means in sliding translation with said movement groove, said locking means being configured to removably engage a respective locking means 4a of an above adjacent breeding case 1a in an above locked position, said above locked position being comprised of an above nested and locked position and an above tilted and locked position, said movement groove 6 being configured to be in removable sliding engagement with said respective locking means 4a, said framework being movable along said suspension axis relative to said above adjacent breeding case 1a according to said movement groove between said above nested and locked position and said above tilted and locked position,
wherein said locking means is configured to removably engage a respective locking means 4b of a below adjacent breeding case 1b in a below locked position, said below locked position being comprised of a below nested and locked position and a below tilted and locked position, said locking means being configured to be in removable sliding engagement with a respective movement groove 6b of said below adjacent breeding case, said framework being movable along a corresponding suspension axis of said below adjacent breeding case 1b, according to said locking means in said respective movement groove between said below nested and locked position and said below tilted and locked position.