US Patent Issued on June 24 for "Ice fishing trap device" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,520, issued on June 24.

"Ice fishing trap device" was invented by Kurt Pierce (Swatara, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trap for confining a fish to an ice hole to facilitate successfully catching the fish includes an upper plate having an upper plate aperture. A shaft is movably coupled to the upper plate within the aperture. A trap plate is attached to the shaft. Rotation of the shaft moves the trap plate between open and closed positions. The upper plate is positionable adjacent to a hole extending through ice over a body of water. The shaft extends through the hole into the water. In the open position, the trap plate is al...