TAM MINH LE, PHARMD
Pharmacy at Yakima Ave, Tacoma, WA
License number
Washington PH60476950
Category
Pharmacy
Type
Pharmacist
Address
Address
9048 Yakima Ave, Tacoma, WA 98444
Phone
(916) 753-0978
Professional information
Spring Door Crab Pot
US Patent:
6550180, Apr 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec 20, 1997
Appl. No.:
08/995431
Inventors:
Tam Kien Le - Tacoma WA 98409
International Classification:
A01K 6900
US Classification:
43100, 43105
Abstract:
A round crab pot provides crabs easy access from all directions, while strongly discouraging exit except by crabs of nonallowable small size. The pot may be of variable weight and size for commercial or individual use. The pot frame has an interchangeable top and bottom kept parallel by perpendicular supporting posts. The pot entrance occupies the entire height and circumference. The entrance is formed by a plurality of elongated spring steel rods connected to the top and/or bottom of the frame. The rods are positioned to slant inwardly toward the center of the pot and are connected by spring steel wire and a thin plastic medium. Thus, the entrance exhibits a spring-like tension as crabs enter. In a first variation, the rods are connected to only one end of the frame. Crabs may enter at ground level with the rods extending from the top of the pot, slanting inward and downward toward the center.