Tackle container with nesting spaces between interior barriers
View Patent ↗A tackle container with barriers extending across the bottom of the interior cavity holds fishing lures in a fixed position and allows easy retrieval of each lure. Each barrier in the container includes a curved wall that converges with the bottom of the container. The barrier thereby forms a nesting space between the backside of the curved wall and the bottom of the container. A fishing lure fits under a barrier with its hooks wedged into the nesting space to hold the lure in a desired position. The barriers may be removable inserts having rails that slide into slots along the sidewall of the container. The inserts may be positioned in a variety of configurations.
1. A tackle container for holding fishing lures, each lure having a body and at least one hook, the container comprising: a bottom; a continuous sidewall connected to said bottom; and a barrier connected to said sidewall and extending across said bottom, said barrier comprising a curved wall that converges with said bottom to form a nesting space between said curved wall and said bottom, wherein a lure hook fits within the nesting space to hold the lure under said barrier,
wherein said sidewall comprises a plurality of pairs of substantially vertical ribs defining pairs of aligned slots across said bottom from one another and wherein said barrier further comprises a substantially vertical end wall connected to said curved wall, said end wall comprising a substantially vertical rail opposite said curved wall on the outside of said end wall, wherein said rail removably fits between a pair of vertical ribs on said sidewall to hold said barrier within the container.
2. A tackle container according to claim 1 , wherein said curved wall comprises elongated planar segments having edges connected at angles so that said barrier is substantially concave.
3. A tackle container according to claim 1 , wherein said curved wall comprises a substantially vertical segment attached at an angle to a connector segment that converges with said bottom to form a nesting space between said curved wall and said bottom.
4. A tackle container according to claim 3 , wherein said curved wall comprises an extension segment extending substantially horizontally from said connector segment and positioned flush with said bottom.
5. A container according to claim 1 , wherein said sidewall comprises a plurality of pairs of substantially vertical ribs defining pairs of aligned slots across said bottom from one another.
6. A container according to claim 1 , wherein said end wall comprises a second substantially vertical rail opposite said curved wall on the outside of said end wall.
7. A container according to claim 6 , wherein said barrier further comprises a second end wall connected to the end of said curved wall opposite said end wall.
8. A container according to claim 7 , wherein said second end wall comprises a third substantially vertical rail opposite said curved wall on the outside of said second end wall.
9. A container according to claim 8 , wherein said second end wall comprises a fourth substantially vertical rail opposite said curved wall on the outside of said second end wall.
10. A container according to claim 9 , wherein the pairs of rails on each end wall removably slide between corresponding pairs of ribs on said sidewall to hold said barrier in place within the container.
11. A container according to claim 1 , further comprising a second barrier connected to said sidewall and extending across said bottom, said second barrier comprising a second curved wall that converges with said bottom under said curved wall of said barrier to form a nesting space between said curved wall and said second curved wall, wherein the lure hook fits within the nesting space to hold the lure between said barrier and said second barrier.
12. The tackle container according to claim 11 , wherein said barrier and said second barriers define a channel between said barriers.
13. The tackle container according to claim 12 , wherein the body of a lure fits within the channel between said barriers, and the lure hook rests within the nesting space under one of said barriers as the body of the lure rests adjacent the other barrier.
14. The tackle container according to claim 11 , wherein said barrier and said second barriers are substantially concave.
15. The tackle container according to claim 11 , wherein said barrier and said second barriers are curved from the top of the baffler toward said bottom of the container.
16. A tackle container for holding fishing lures, each lure having a body and at least one hook, the container comprising: a bottom; a continuous sidewall connected to said bottom; and first and second barriers connected to said sidewall and extending across said bottom, each said barrier comprising an upright upper portion connected to a lower portion, said lower portion extending downwardly from said upper portion and converging at an angle with said bottom, thereby defining a nesting space between said lower portion and said bottom, wherein said sidewall comprises a plurality of pairs of substantially vertical ribs defining pairs of aligned slots across said bottom from one another, and wherein at least one of said barriers further comprises a substantially vertical end wall connected to said barrier, said end wall comprising a substantially vertical rail on the outside of said end wall, wherein said rail slides between a pair of vertical ribs on said sidewall to hold said barrier within the container.
17. A tackle container according to claim 16 , wherein said end wall comprises a second substantially vertical rail on the outside of said end wall.
18. A tackle container according to claim 17 , wherein said insert further comprises a second end wall connected to the end of said barrier opposite said end wall.
19. A tackle container according to claim 18 , wherein said second end wall comprises a third substantially vertical rail on the outside of said second end wall.
20. A tackle container according to claim 19 , wherein said second end wall comprises a fourth substantially vertical rail on the outside of said second end wall.
21. A tackle container according to claim 20 , wherein the pairs of rails on each end wall removably slide between corresponding pairs of ribs on said sidewall to hold said barrier in place within the container.
22. A tackle container according to claim 20 , further comprising a partition extending across said bottom and connected at each end to opposite sections of said sidewall.
23. A tackle container according to claim 22 , wherein said partition comprises a plurality of pairs of vertical ribs on said partition defining slots on said partition aligned with slots on said sidewall.
24. A tackle container according to claim 23 , wherein the pairs of rails on each end wall removably fit between corresponding pairs of ribs on said sidewall and said partition to hold said barrier in place within the container.
25. A tackle container according to claim 16 , wherein said first and second barriers define a channel there between.
26. A tackle container according to claim 25 , wherein said lower portion of said first barrier curves toward said lower portion of said second barrier to define a nesting space within the channel between said barriers.
27. A tackle container according to claim 26 , wherein the channel between said barriers accommodates a lure having a body and at least one hook, wherein the lure hook fits within the nesting space to secure the hook between the barriers.