Collapsible king crab pot with one-piece net

摘要

A collapsible crab pot structure comprising a crap pot frame with a removable unitary bag-like net therein secured to the frame by a rope framework within the bag-like net. The bag-like net can be made from a single piece of netting fabric according to a prescribed pattern. The frame has square parallel vertically-spaced similarly oriented congruent relatively-movable rigid top and bottom horizontally extending frame portions. The four respective corners of the top and bottom frame portions are interconnected by, and pivotably connected to, four post structures to form an essentially parallelpiped frame structure. A netting-covered door in a vertical front side of the frame structure is hinged along the front side of the top frame portion for swinging movement from a closed vertical position to a position atop the top frame portion. Convergent tunnel portions of the trap net enter the trap from opposite vertical sides which are perpendicular to the door side of the frame structure. The pivoting connections between the top and bottom frame portions and the vertical posts restrict collapsing movement to a swinging translational motion of the top frame portion relative to the bottom frame portion in the direction rearwardly away from the door side. Each vertical post swings rearwardly through an angle of 90 degrees. Removable railway rail sections are secured within the frame structure to provide extra weight for ballast.