Patrick J Lorentz

US Patent:

D603931, Nov 10, 2009

Filed:

Mar 17, 2009

Appl. No.:

29/314263

Inventors:

Patrick J. Lorentz - Anchorage AK, US

International Classification:

2205

US Classification:

D22149

US Patent:

7607252, Oct 27, 2009

Filed:

Dec 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/317283

Inventors:

Patrick J. Lorentz - Anchorage AK, US

International Classification:

A01K 69/06
A01K 79/00
A01K 97/14

US Classification:

43 45, 43 172, 43100, 43 5, 114382, 294 821, 294 661, 441136

Abstract:

An apparatus that enables the fishing pots to be lifted with ease. The system includes a hook embedded in the gear rope near the first pot. The string of pots is set normally, with the end of the rope marked with a buoy. To retrieve the pots, the buoy is pulled up onto the boat and the rope is tied off. An anchor-pulling ring with a buoy attached is placed around the line. The boat is driven in the opposite direction as the current or tide. This causes the pot rope to be pulled up, with the pots. The rope passes through the anchor-pulling ring until the hook passes through the ring. The line can be slacked off and the hook will catch the ring and hold the pots while the remainder of the rope is retrieved. Once the boat reaches the buoy, the pots can easily be pulled up.