US 12,121,013 B2
Bait storage and dispensing device
Jon Ernest Tjostheim, Fort (CA)
Filed by Jon Ernest Tjostheim, Fort (CA)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/133,321.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/330,734, filed on Apr. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329207 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 97/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 97/04 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable fishing bait case comprising:
a housing including a front portion and a rear portion defining an interior, and at least one fastener to selectively secure the front portion and the rear portion together;
a bait screen located within the interior of the housing and separating the interior into generally a top section and a bottom section, the bait screen including a plurality of bait apertures sized to allow bait to pass therethrough whilst substantially preventing bedding material from passing therethrough, thereby causing the bait to separate from the bedding material and filter from the top section to the bottom section of the interior;
a bait dispenser disposed in one of the front portion and the rear portion toward a bottom of the housing, the bait dispenser including an opening providing access into the bottom section of the interior, and a door selectively covering the opening, the bait dispenser enabling retrieval of filtered bait.