US 12,262,701 B1
Portable self-contained bait tube system
Thomas Sandstrom, Oakland Park, FL (US)
Filed by Thomas Sandstrom, Oakland Park, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/552,202.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/125,837, filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Int. Cl. A01K 97/05 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 97/05 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable bait tube system for removably receiving a live bait fish therein, said bait tube system comprising:
a submersible electric pump;
said pump having a water inlet disposed in proximity to the bottom thereof, and a water outlet;
a vertically disposed bait tube removably connected to said outlet;
said bait tube including an elongate, hollow structure defining a generally oval cross-section, and further including a bottom adapted with a bait tube water inlet configured for removable connection to said pump water outlet, and a generally open top end forming a bait tube water outlet, said bait tube water outlet defining an opening having a cross-sectional area which is greater than the cross-sectional area of said bait tube water inlet; and
when installed within a container of water with the pump submerged, water is pumped upward through the bait tube, directly over and through the bait fish before overflowing from the top of the bait tube for recirculation.