Net With Snare Closure

摘要

A hand-held underwater net assembly with a snare closure that easily and rapidly closes the netting to prevent fish and crustaceans from escaping. The net assembly ideally includes a brightly colored net closure cord which serves to draw the netting together and close the netting when the snare handle and telescopic draw stem are proximally pulled outward and retracted by a user. The extension of the handle of the net assembly, pulls the netting into a closed position. The brightly colored net closure cord makes it easy for the underwater user to determine when the net is in the closed position and the catch is securely contained within the netting.

主权项

1. A hand-carried fish and lobster net assembly with a snare closure comprising:
a net handle adapted to be held by a user, a net frame attached to the net handle; netting attached to the net frame and secured to a distal end of a net handle wherein a weave of the netting forms an area of containment; a telescopic draw stem slidably engaging inside the net handle with a proximal end defining a snare handle wherein the telescopic draw stem and the net handle have a textured surface and the telescopic draw stem and the net handle are frictionally engaged together to resist movement there between due to frictional engagement of the textured surfaces of the telescopic draw stem and the net handle; a spring loaded button on the distal end of the telescopic stem that frictionally engages the interior surface of the net handle to resist movement there between due to frictional engagement of the spring loaded button on the telescopic stem and interior surface of the net handle; a net closure cord composed of a bright color which contrasts with the netting color, said closure cord sheathed within said telescopic stem and said net handle; said net closure cord extending beyond both the telescopic draw stem and the net handle and forming a continuous loop into the netting, outboard of the telescopic draw stem and the net handle, wherein the net closure cord is attached to the snare handle, extends through the net handle, and the continuous loop is threaded through the netting circumferentially midway through the vertical weave of the netting; and wherein to close the netting, the snare handle is proximally pulled by a user, causing the net closure cord to draw the netting together to a closed position as the snare handle and telescoping draw stem are retracted from the net handle thereby increasing the entire length of the net assembly.