Floating Turtle Decoy Dispensing Chum via Wave Action
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Solution Overview
Problem
In bodies of water with strong currents and tides, chum used for attracting fish becomes dispersed, reducing its effectiveness in enticing fish to remain in a specific locality for game fishing.
Innovation Solution
An aquatic turtle decoy designed to float on the water's surface, equipped with a chum ball on its back and apertures that allow chum particles to pass through, replenishing the chum slick and attracting fish with its silhouette and the commotion caused by birds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If chum is thrown into the water to attract fish, then fish are more likely to be caught, but strong currents and tides disperse the chum, reducing its effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a floating device as an intermediary carrier that holds and dispenses chum. This mediator remains positioned in the water column, allowing controlled chum release while maintaining local concentration despite currents and tides.
Solution Approach 2:
The floating device automatically dispenses chum through wave action and water movement without requiring manual intervention. The device serves itself by using the environmental conditions (waves, currents) to facilitate chum distribution while maintaining concentration.
2Ease of operation
If chum is dispensed in bodies of water with strong currents and tides, then fish attraction is attempted, but the chum becomes dispersed and does not entice fish to remain in a locality
Solution Approach 1:
The floating device segments the chum distribution process by containing chum in a reservoir and releasing it through controlled openings. This segmentation allows the chum to be delivered in concentrated form to specific locations rather than being immediately dispersed.
Solution Approach 2:
The device performs preliminary action by pre-positioning chum in a controlled carrier before release. The chum is held in readiness in the floating device, positioned strategically in the water, and then dispensed as needed rather than being thrown directly into moving currents.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a floating device is used to dispense chum, then chum dispersion is reduced, but the device complexity increases compared to simple chum throwing
Solution Approach 1:
The floating device serves multiple functions: it provides buoyancy to remain afloat, contains chum in its structure, dispenses chum through wave action, and may incorporate fishing hooks or lines. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate devices for each purpose.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates porous or perforated structures that allow water and wave action to penetrate and facilitate natural chum dispersion through the material itself, rather than requiring complex mechanical dispensing mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The turtle decoy effectively maintains a concentrated chum slick, enhancing the attractiveness to game fish and improving the chances of successful fishing by minimizing chum dispersion due to wave action.
Implementation Method 1
An aquatic turtle decoy designed to be floated out to or otherwise maneuvered closely adjacent to, preferably directly over, a chum slick
Implementation Method 2
The decoy, having a chum ball on its back, includes several features to solve the chum-dispersal problem noted. The decoy, adapted and configured to dispense more chum, thereby replenishes the chum slick.
Data Source
AI summary
An aquatic turtle decoy floated out to a chum slick is disclosed. The decoy has a chum ball on its back and includes apertures for dispensing chum, to replenish the chum slick. A silhouette of a turtle floating on an open water surface is visible and attracts game fish below. Sea birds, attracted to the chum ball on the decoy back, often cause a commotion at the open water surface, serving to further attract game fish to the aquatic turtle decoy.