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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
.. ROBERT M. FRANKLIN, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
LANDING-NET.1,143,759,
Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 22, 1915,
Application filed April 25, 1914. Serial No. 834,450.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ROBERT M. FRANKLIN,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Galveston, in the county of Galveston and
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Landing-Nets;
and I do hereby declare the following to be
a full, clear, and exact description of the
invention, such as will enable others skilled
10 in the art to which it appertains to make
and use the same.
This invention relates to improvements in
landing nets and an object of the inven-
tion is to provide a net of this character
15 which may be folded or collapsed into a
compact mass for storing the same during
seasons when it cannot be used.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a landing net having improved forms
20 of strap hinges at the corners thereof which
serve to guide the end and side members of
the trap when being folded.
A still further object of the invention is to
provide a form of trap frame which may be
25 used either with a net stretched tightly
across the frame or depending from the
frame and held in lowered position by means
of weights.
With these and other objects in view the
so invention comprises certain novel construc-
tions, combinations, and arrangements of
parts as will be hereinafter more fully de-
scribed and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, wherein
g5 similar reference characters designate cor-
responding parts: Figure 1 is a perspective
view of one form of my trap. Fig. 2 is a
side elevation of one end of the trap showing
the manner of folding the same. Fig. 3 is
40 a top plan view of the trap after the same
has been folded, the net being.removed. Fig..
4 is an edge view of one of the U-shaped
straps which are used when a two-part end
member is used in constructing the trap.
45 Fig. 5 is a horizontal section showing the
method of connecting the side and end mem-
bers at one corner of the frame. Fig. 6 in-
dicates a top plan view of a modified form
of the invention. Fig. 7 shows a perspec-
50 tive view of a still further modification of
the invention, the frame being substantially
that as shown in Fig. 1, but the net being
of modified form. Fig. 8 is a perspective
view of a still further modified form of
55 net which may be associated with the frame.
The general aim of the present inventionis to provide a frame for landing nets hav-
ing end and side members pivotally con-
nected together by means of U-shaped clips
provided with rivets which engage eyes at 60
the ends of the side or end members, as the
case may be, to afford a pivotal connection
therefor.
In the forms of the invention which I
have chosen to illustrate in the drawings, 65
side members have been provided with eyes
of such construction as to hold the net to-
gether should the clip come loose from the
member with which it is normally made
rigid, these eyes serving to receive bail cords. 7o
When it is desired to make a large frame,
the end members are made in sections or
parts connected by hinges which clamp the
parts so as to hold the same in extended
position and prevent accidental collapsing 75
of the same.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, where
the preferred form of my invention is
shown, it will be seen that the frame 1 com-
prises side members 2, the ends of which 80
have secured thereto U-shaped clips 3 whose
bends are rounded as at 4 to conform to the
surface of the side members 2. The end
frame members 5 are interposed between the
opposite ends of the side members 2 and 85
in order that the same may be held to the
side members pivotally there is provided a
rivet 6 passing between parallel sides of the
clip and through an eye 7 formed in the end
of the end member 5. The ends of the side 90
members 2 extend beyond the clips 3 and
are curved.so as to form eyes 8 as seen in
Fig. 5, the inner portion of each eye 8 ex-
tending into the clip and the outer portion
being exposed as at 8', so that should the 95
clip 3. become dislocated or loosened from
side member 2 it will not be possible for it to
slip off. This insures that the frame will
always remain a closed figure, so that the
netting will not become torn. 100
In order that the net may be supported,
there are provided bail cords 9, the lower
ends of which engage the eyes 8 formed
in the ends of the side members 2, these
bail cords being joined above the net in any 105
approved manner, the manner shown being
to provide the bail cords secured to the op-
posite sides of the frame with loops 9',
which receive the hoisting cords 15.
When a small size landing net is to be 110
used the ends may be made of a single piece
of wire or other suitable material; but if it
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Franklin, Robert M. Landing-Net., patent, June 22, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859559/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.