US 12,471,581 B2
Collapsible net apparatus
Patrick Bauman, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed by Colter Backcountry, LLC, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/504,152.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/516,189, filed on Jul. 28, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,117, filed on Nov. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0147973 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 77/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 77/005 (2022.02) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collapsible fishing net apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
a handle comprising a grip and a throat and a pair of connectors positioned on each side of the throat,
the handle further comprising a recessed notch on a first side of the handle, the recessed notch centered on the handle and positioned between the grip and the throat,
and further comprising a recessed channel extending from the connectors to the recessed notch;
a rim piece that is configured to couple and decouple from the handle at two points on the handle at the connectors of the handle,
wherein when rim piece is coupled to the handle, the rim piece and throat of the handle together form a continuous loop,
and wherein the rim piece comprises a cap piece and two side pieces, wherein the rim piece is connected at each end to the side pieces at a hinge that allows the side pieces to be folded towards the cap piece,
and wherein the rim piece comprises a web and flanges, wherein the web and flanges form a channel, the channel positioned between the flanges, and wherein the rim piece comprises a plurality of periodically spaced apertures located on the web,
and wherein the channel of the rim piece aligns with the recessed channel of the handle when the rim piece is coupled to the handle; and
a net that is configured to couple to both the handle and the rim piece and enclose the continuous loop, wherein the net comprises a cable, wherein the cable is looped through the apertures and is secured into the notch of the handle.