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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7487614 | Radio controlled gill net recovery transmitters By attaching a radio or acoustic sound transmitters, or combinations thereof, to the float line of nets recovery of gill nets will become much easier, and timely. This could save millions of fish and other marine life, as well as the economic value of lost nets, whi... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7249434 | Pre-mounted nets on discharging devices and a method of manufacture The present invention relates to nets, preferably for fishing, webbed onto a discharging device, a discharging system and a method for manufacture of such nets and discharging systems. The net, the system and the method make possible to determine the opening of the ... | 07/31/2007 |
| D489789 | Floating bait net | 05/11/2004 |
| 5819464 | Condition-adaptable colored fishing net A condition-adaptable fishing net designed to catch more fish. The fishing net includes a single, large panel of netting having a main, light color capable of blending in water under certain water and lighting conditions. Disposed randomly over the panel ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5647160 | Netting colored to induce fish to swim into net A gill net includes multiple sections dyed different colors. Fish (28) avoid sections of the net that are more visible and swim into one or more other sections of the net that are less visible in water. In a first embodiment (10) of the multi-colored net,... | 07/15/1997 |
| 4763432 | Fishnet hanging system A hanging cord is threaded through the top selvage of the net or web of a fishnet assembly and is secured at regularly spaced locations to separate anchor blocks which, in turn, are secured to the fishnet corkline. The anchor blocks have rigid bodies and ... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4693031 | Line connector A connector (12) for detachably interconnecting the intermediate portions of first and second lines includes a body (32) formed with a first cross hole (34) and a slit (36) extending from the outer periphery of the body crosswise through a portion of the ... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4489516 | Snake trap A device for the trapping of snakes and similar animals having an area of netting to be placed on the ground and releasably secured thereto and shaped such that a plurality of areas of the netting are substantially non-horizontal to the ground. A snake at... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4466331 | Method of forming twisted multiple strand synthetic twine, twines produced thereby, and fishnets formed thereof A composite multiple strand or filament twisted fishnet twine (11, 11') formed of synthetic material, methods for forming the same, and fishnets (10) formed therefrom, characterized in the use of a plurality of relatively fine, small diameter synthetic fi... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4449316 | Snake trap A device for the trapping of snakes and similar animals having a sheet of netting to be placed on the ground shaped so that a plurality of areas of the netting are substantially non-horizontal to the ground. A snake attempting to traverse the sheet will p... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4447978 | Reaction gill net Fish are captured utilizing a chain reaction of larger fish feeding on smaller fish. A bait-enclosing structure is mounted within a frame, and a first net is provided surrounding and substantially concentric with the bait-enclosing structure. The first ne... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4373286 | Reaction gill net Fish are captured utilizing a chain reaction of larger fish feeding on smaller fish. A bait-enclosing structure is mounted within a frame, and a first net is provided surrounding and substantially concentric with the bait-enclosing structure. The first ne... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4370823 | Snake trap A device for the trapping of snakes and similar animals having a sheet of netting to be placed on the ground shaped so that a plurality of areas of the netting are substantially non-horizontal to the ground. A snake attempting to traverse the sheet will p... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4347680 | Gill net hauling and fish removing system An improved gill net hauling and fish picking system employing a net modified by incorporation of a longitudinal suspender line secured to the mesh along its length midway between cork line and lead line. With the suspender line caused to run over an elev... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4301996 | Snake guard A method and apparatus for ensnaring a reptile having overlapping scales or plates over its body including flexible netting across the path of travel of the reptile, the netting having a mesh of sufficient size to allow at least the head portion of the re... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4237646 | Portable fish catcher The portable fish catcher comprises a fish trap of a type employing gill netting which is attached at top and bottom respectively to a pair of rings which may be oval, triangular, rectilinear, round, or other geometrical configuration. Additional steadine... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4003289 | Gill net A gill-net comprising warps and wefts of which diameter is smaller than that of the warp. The gill-net is knotted with the warp and weft by double English knotting.... | 01/18/1977 |
