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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jesse M Carter, Tampa, FL (US);
Jack V Smith, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43-4 ; 43-1 ;
Abstract
A device designed for releasing air from the bladder of a fish brought up from depth. Depth is defined as water exceeding 33 feet deep. This device releases air from the bladder of a fish brought up from depth by puncturing the swim bladder of said fish, and consisting of an elongated hollow tubular cannula having an axially extending lumen therethrough, with a means for producing an audible, visible, mechanical or electrical alert signal activated by the movement of air.