| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a live bait keeper having a cornerless interior and dynamic flow of ambient water through it for freshening the water and protecting bait against harm when the holder is in water. The holder has a hollow, disc-shaped keeper body having forward and aft ends and cornerless interior space. The keeper is buoyant. A top hatch accesses the interior where bait is held. In use, ports on the top-portion of the keeper vent air and water from the interior, and bottom-ports disposed toward the forward-end of the keeper allow water to enter the interior. A tether attachment is disposed on the bottom-portion at the forward end below the neutral buoyancy plane of the keeper body, and as a tether maintains the forward end into the wind and/or current, the keeper rocks fore and aft forcing water into the bottom-ports to provide dynamic water flow into the bait holder. |
| 主权项 |
1. A dynamic flow live bait holder (10) for in water use, the bait holder (10) comprising:
a keeper body (20), the keeper body (20) being a hollow disc-shaped container having a forward-end (12) and an aft-end (14), a top-portion (22) and a bottom-portion (26), and an interior space (42), and being buoyant at water's surface; a hatch assembly (30) is disposed on the top-portion (22) of the keeper body (20) and is operable to provide access to the interior space (42) of the keeper body (20); vent-ports 24 are disposed on the keeper body (20), with top-ports (24a) positioned on the top-portion (22) of the keeper body (20) to vent air and allow excess water to escape from the interior space (42), and with bottom-ports (24b) disposed toward the forward-end (12) of the bottom-portion (26) of the keeper body (20) to allow water to enter the interior space (42) of the keeper body (20); and a tether attachment (16) is disposed on the bottom-portion (26) at the forward end (12) below to neutral buoyancy plane of the keeper body (20), and as a tethered maintains the forward end (12) of the keeper body (20) into a wind and/or a current at a surface of the water, the keeper body tends to rock fore and aft forcing water into the bottom-ports (24b) to provide a dynamic flow of ambient water into the live bait holder (10). |
