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| Year | Description |
| 1996 | Invention patented by Iver Campbell on January 3rd, 1996. Abstract: A crabbing apparatus for ice crabbing including a bottom flat plate having a plurality of holes forming five connecting hole pairs therethrough; a top flat plate having a plurality of holes forming five connecting hole pairs and four tying holes therethrough, each hole of the connecting hole pairs of the top plate being axially aligned with each hole of the connecting hole pairs of the bottom plate; a net member being positioned on the the bottom plate having five end edges and a mesh therebetween; five elongated ribs with each rib having an external end with an aperture having an eye bolt coupled within and an internal end being interposed between the top plate and the bottom plate having a pair of holes therethrough for coupling with the connecting holes of the top and bottom plates, each rib being coupled to the net member to from a pentagonal shaped apparatus capable of maintaining a position on a recipient surface; a rectangular member being positioned on the top plate having four securing holes positioned therethrough; a pair of bait lines positioned on the top plate and beneath the rectangular member; a float having an upper eyelet with a pull rope attached and a lower eyelet; and five pull lines with each having a proximal end coupled to the lower eyelet and a distal end coupled to an associated eye bolt of each rib. |
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