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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark Alan Tempel, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Northwest Marine Technology, Inc., Shaw Island, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119215 ; 119203 ;
Abstract
An holding apparatus immobilizes a fish of a known and fixed orientation. The holding apparatus includes a vessel having a set of walls defining an interior chamber into which the fish and water can be located. The walls of the vessel have a restraining configuration and a non-restraining configuration. The walls of vessel, when in a restraining configuration, are at least partially conforming to a shape of a fish located within the interior chamber of the vessel.