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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7901277 | Device for receiving and fixing fish within a device for processing fish The invention concerns an apparatus for receiving and fixing fish within a device for processing fish. The apparatus includes a trunk clamping device and a pectoral fin receptacle including at least two stops. The trunk clamping device is capable of being moved out ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7674163 | Fillet board for use with fish having horns A fillet board for filleting fish having spines or horns on their pectoral fins extending outwardly from the sides of the fish body. The board defines apertures each sized to receive the horn of a fish laid flat on one side with the horn secured by the board. A plur... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7390249 | Fisherman's aid station A compact, portable, multi-purpose fishing aid station providing running water and used for cutting bait, cleaning fish and equipment, washing hands, and the like. The station includes a rigid frame having four sides with openings, and a bottom composed of two perfo... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7207132 | Bait rigging holder A bait rigging holder includes a V-shaped trough supports the bait along its entire length during insertion of rigging needles through the bait. The trough includes a frontal slot that allows the rigging needle to be inserted through the jaw and nose when the bait i... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7040977 | Fish cleaning system A fish cleaning system for efficiently cleaning various sizes of fish. The fish cleaning system includes a platform, a support stand attachable to the platform, a fillet board attached to the platform, a gill clamp attached to the fillet board, a first opening withi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6942562 | Fish cleaning device A fish cleaning device includes a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, one or more arms, each having a first and second end. The first end of the arm is pivotally attached to the base. A clamp-securing member is pivotally attached to the second arm end ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6540600 | Fish skinner A fish skinner for removing the skin from a fish filet that includes a cutting block in connection with a pivoting cover plate wherein the cutting block has a recess for receiving the skin of the fish filet and the pivoting cover plate is used to hold the... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6409588 | Device for skinning squirrels A device for skinning and field dressing small game is described. The device includes a base plate having four or more openings therein and a retaining element or holder. A first set of two openings are holes to receive free ends of the holder. The second... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6254473 | Portable fish cleaning apparatus A fish cleaning apparatus is provided which includes a cutting board attached to the first end of an elongate support arm, the second end of which is adapted to be supported upon the frame of a trailer carrying a boat, or other suitable vehicle, such that... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6200212 | Fish cleaning, bait station, and live well device A compact 3 in 1 device used for fish cleaning, bait cutting, and/or live well. It can be easily attached to the gunwale of a boat with adjustable mounting arms. The arms are adjustable for both the width and depth of the gunwale and will fit most boats. ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6139417 | Fish cleaning device A fish cleaning device that first kills the fish instantly and humanely and then stabilizes the fish for cleaning. The piercing member used to kill the fish is vertically and horizontally movable. In addition, the piercing member is pivotally and rotatabl... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6123615 | Fish cleaning apparatus and method of cleaning fish therewith A fish cleaning apparatus having a tray and a compartmentalized fish-supporting structure with hollow compartments therein is disposed above the tray for allowing fish fluids and part to pass therethrough and onto the tray during the fish cleaning process... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5944596 | Fish scaling device A fish scaling device which comprises a scaler box and a hand held scaler. The scaler box is rectangular in shape and includes a top surface with a multiplicity of horizontally placed indented bars which indentions resemble the profile of the length of th... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5685770 | Clamping mechanism A clamping mechanism for holding, among other possible things, a squirrel or other animal during skinning. The mechanism includes a rigid band under which a tail of the animal is gripped. The band is pivoted between an open and closed position by a foot-o... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5376043 | Holder for various items, including, for example, a combined catfish holder & killer A holder usable to hold various food items, such as ham, chicken, etc., but particularly efficacious as a combined catfish killer and holder for skinning. The device includes a longitudinally extended, base platform (1); an upwardly extended, fish positio... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5318472 | Fish scaling device A fish scaling device which is characterized by a flat support designed to receive a fish for scaling, a tail clamp adjustably mounted on one end of the support for clamping the tail of the fish to the support and a head clamp located at the opposite end ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5116279 | Fish filleting apparatus A fish cleaning apparatus includes an elongated table having a clamp generally centered along the length thereof for engaging the tail of a fish so that the clamped fish may be supported on either side of the table for cleaning one side of the fish and th... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5045023 | Method and apparatus for beheading fish, and method and apparatus for extracting roe or milt from a fish An apparatus for beheading fish comprises a supporting plate 10, a cover plate 12, and a fluid bag 13 with a fluid inlet 14. The apparatus is open at both ends, and the fish is placed with the head free. Fluid under pressure is thereafter introduced throu... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4977644 | Fish holder A portable fish holder for convenient, safe cleaning and filleting of a fish. The invention is comprised of one rectangular base panel, two panel support walls, one affixed transversely at each end of the base, and two positionable rectangular fish suppor... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4965958 | Fish holder A fish holder including a handle having a lower jaw extending transversely therefrom. A trigger is pivotally positioned inside of the handle and includes an upper jaw that extends transversely to the trigger and overlies the lower jaw arm. A biasing sprin... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4930188 | Sportsman's game and fish cleaning station A game and fish cleaning station expedites the cleaning, skinning and/or processing of captured game animals. An elongated, aluminum support bar suspends game to be cleaned. It horizontally extends between a pair of support vertical posts, at a desired va... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4815169 | Fish filleting device A fish filleting device includes a pair of thin and parallel clamping plates each having an elongated fish body receiving opening therein. The clamping plates have opposing surfaces which engage and fixedly clamp fins on the fish when the body of the fish... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4727623 | Machine for pulling off strips of fat from hog carcasses The invention relates to a machine comprising: a chassis movable with respect to a supporting structure, a clamp comprising: two jaws, means for controlling the opening and closing of said jaws, passive counter-jaws operationally coupled to said jaws, and means for cont... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4711000 | Hands-free clamping device for holding fish or game for cleaning A hands-free clamping fixture in accordance with my invention for immobilizing a fish or animal carcass to enable the cleaning and/or descaling thereof comprises a base member, and a movable clamping device interacting therewith. The base member has a wor... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4663806 | Fish handle A fish clamp for cleaning and scaling operations having a handle, opposing jaws and a spring means for tensioning the jaws closed, where each jaw has rows of intermeshing teeth, one along the front edge and two disposed in a V-shaped pattern therebehind, ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4531260 | Fish filleting kit An easily portable kit that opens to provide a good sized filleting board. The kit is comprised of a pair of substantially identical rectangular mating sections hinged together in end to end relation. When the sections are folded together they form a comp... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4506411 | Game skinning apparatus A game skinning rack comprising a generally rectangular board having notches formed in each upper corner thereof, cam means pivotally mounted in each of said notches for tightly gripping the extremities of an animal to be skinned with a pressure that incr... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4483048 | Fish skinning tool A combination fish skin cutting and grasping tool which has a cutting edge formed in one piece and integral with one of the jaws thereof and furthermore has a projection thereon for limiting the depth of the cutting so as to prevent damage to the meat of ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4454630 | Fish cleaning device A fish holding and cleaning device containing two frame members that are attached to one another by a hinge for folding to a closed carrying position and unfolding to an open, cleaning position. When opened to a cleaning position the ends of the frame mem... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4016624 | Poultry cut-up machine A machine in which eviserated dressed poultry carcasses from which leg shanks have been removed from the legs are mounted upon a conveyor by clamping member thereon which is driven to move each carcass through all separating stations of the machine to seq... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3945083 | Game dressing board A game dressing board is provided including a flat panel of suitable material having brackets on opposite sides near the upper end thereof designed to accommodate a transverse rod in spaced relation to the surface thereof. Beneath this rod is a transverse... | 03/23/1976 |