US 12,356,969 B2
Fishing net support system
Matthew James Lenz, Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Filed by Matthew James Lenz, Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/383,625.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/421,125, filed on Oct. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0138386 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 75/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 75/00 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fishing net support assembly comprising:
a boat mount configured to be mounted onto a bull of a boat;
a first mating member being attached to the boat mount;
a pole mount configured to be mounted to a pole of a fishing net;
a second mating member being attached to the pole mount such that upon mating of the second mating member to the first mating member the first mating member in a horizontal plane and configured for maintaining a receiving net of the fishing net and a catch in the receiving net in the water; and
wherein the boat mount comprises:
a mounting plate having a length, a width, a top side, and a bottom side, the first mating member being attached to the top side, one or both of the length and the width being complementary to a separation between rails of a mounting track attached to a gunwale of the hull, the mounting plate being insertable between the rails such that the mounting plate is slidable within the mounting track with the bottom side facing the mounting track; and
a plurality of tighteners being extendable through the mounting plate and engaging the mounting track for releasably securing the mounting plate at a selected position along the mounting track.