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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
NATHANIEL D. FLY, OF ALICE, TEXAS.
COMBINATION FISH-BUCKET.Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed June 16, 1909. Serial No. 502,549.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, NATHANEL D. FLY,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Alice, in the county of Nueces and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Combination Fish-Buckets,
of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to a combination fish
bucket and its main object is to produce a
10 device of this character which will be adapt-
ed for many different purposes.
My device is so constructed that it may
be adapted to one's body, by suitable means,
when the same is being carried from place
15 to place or the same may be supported by
means of the usual handle.
Another purpose to which my invention
is adapted is the holding of the fishing rod
in place while fishing.
20 Arranged at each end of the body of the
device is a metal box or receptacle, one of
which is utilized in holding the tackle and
lunch while the other may be employed for
carrying bait.
25 It will be seen that in constructing my de-
vice it may be easily made of sufficient
height to be used as a camp stool. When
thus constructed this bucket may be simul-
taneously used for minnows, fish, bait,
30 tackle-box, camp stool and as a rest for the
fishing rod.
Reference being had to the drawings:
Figure 1 is a top plan view of my inven-
tion. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.
35 Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view
thereof. Fig. 4 is-a vertical segmental view
taken through one of the metal boxes or
receptacles. Fig. 5 is a side elevation, show-
ing that side which is opposite to the one
40 illustrated in Fig. 2.
In detail, my invention is described as
follows:
In the embodiment illustrated, the body
portion 1 consists in the convex side wall 2,
45 the concave side wall 3 and the end walls
4 and 5, said wall 2 being supplied with a
plurality of perforations 6. A perforated
bottom 7 is secured to the side and end
walls in a suitable manner. Hingeably se-
50 cured to the upper edge of said convex wall
by means of a hinge 8 is a top 9, said top
being provided with an air chamber 10.
This air chamber may be constructed of a
suitable size to support a person above waterwhen this invention is used as a float, for 55
which purpose the same may be adapted.
Secured near each end of the body is a
staple 11 to which is connected a hoop 12
provided with a grip 13. Also secured to
said staples by means of ordinary harness 60
clasps 14 is a strap 15, which is passed over
the left shoulder when the device is being
carried, said concave wall being thus formed
to conform to the body of a person when
the same is held thereto by means of the 65
strap 15. Boxes 16 each of which is pro-
vided with a lid 17 hingeably secured there-
to, are held in temporary engagement with
their respective end walls of said body 1,
by means of a plurality of hooks 18 passing 70
through suitable perforations therein.
A socket 19, which is made of solid metal,
runs diagonally through the body 1 at the
center and near the top thereof, said socket
slanting downwardly from the concave wall 75
3 to said convex wall. Said socket receives
one end of a fishing rod 20. This socket
also affords additional strength to the body
of my invention.
Although I have specifically described the 80
construction of this device, yet I may reserve
and exercise the right to make such changes
or alterations in the form or construction
thereof, as do not depart from the scope of
the claims hereunto attached, and which will 85
be obviously necessary in the manufacture
thereof.
What I claim as new and wish to protect
by Letters Patent, is:
1. In a device of the class described com- 90
prising a body portion consisting of a fish
bucket, a socket running diagonally from
one of said walls to the other, said socket
adapted to receive one end of a fishing rod.
2. In a device of the class described com- 95
prising a body portion consisting of a fish
bucket which is provided with one concave
side wall and one convex side wall, a socket
running diagonally from the concave wall
to the convex wall and formed integral with 100
the walls, said socket adapted to receive one
end of a fishing rod.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature,
in presence of two witnesses.
NATHANIEL D. FLY.
Witnesses:
Lnn A. BITTERMAN,
CHARLIE D. ORCHARD.963,285.
Patented July 5, 1910.
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Fly, Nathaniel D. Combination Fish-Bucket., patent, July 5, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509461/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.