Tackle container with removable inserts having coaxially notched posts
View Patent ↗The invention is a tackle container that incorporates interchangeable and removable inserts. The inserts secure different kinds of fishing lures and baits. For example, the inserts hold segmented lures within notched upright posts. In this regard, the inserts may be suitably structured to hold spinner bait lures, buzz bait lures, or other fishing lures with segmented bodies. Moreover, the inserts are interchangeable to facilitate a wider variety of uses for the tackle container.
1. A container for holding fishing lures, comprising:
a rectangular bottom plane, having four walls connected to said bottom plane, forming an open container box, said four walls connected at the wall ends and forming a continuous sidewall of said container box; and
a plurality of removable inserts, each removable insert of said plurality of removable inserts including a pair of end walls disposed at opposed longitudinal ends of a planar base thereof, the planar base of the removable insert disposed contiguous with the rectangular bottom plane of the open container box when said removable insert is removably connected to said container box and each end wall of the removable insert of said plurality of removable inserts removably connected to one of two parallel walls of said four walls and contiguous therewith,
said each removable insert further comprising a plurality of juxtapositioned posts connected to and each individually extending from said planar base wherein each post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts defines a storage position for storing a fishing lure, with each post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts spaced apart from each neighboring juxtapositioned post such that a plurality of juxtapositioned fishing lures are storable side-by-side,
each post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts being substantially perpendicular to said planar base and having at least one notch within an uppermost portion of said each post,
said at least one notch configured to accept a lure segment of a fishing lure and thereby securing said fishing lure within said container box without said fishing lure contacting any other post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts.
2. The container of claim 1 , wherein at least one removable insert of said plurality of removable inserts further comprises:
a plurality of channel barriers connected to said planar base, each channel barrier of said plurality of channel barriers connected to one of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts and further positioned across said planar base of said at least one removable insert.
3. The container of claim 1 , wherein at least one wall of said four wall comprises:
ribs positioned on an inner surface of said at least one wall, inside of said container box, said ribs defining grooves for holding at least one removable insert of said plurality of removable inserts, in the container box.
4. The container of claim 1 , wherein at least one removable insert of said plurality of removable inserts further comprises:
an end wall connected substantially perpendicularly to said planar base.
5. The container of claim 4 , wherein said end wall comprises:
at least one connection rail positioned on an outside surface of said end wall, said at least one connection rail for slidably connecting with a corresponding connection slot in one of said four walls of said container box.
6. The container according to claim 5 , wherein said end wall further comprises:
at least a second connection rail positioned on the outside surface of said end wall, said at least second connection rail positioned next to said at least one connection rail.
7. The container of claim 4 , wherein said at least one removable insert of said plurality of removable inserts further comprises:
a second end wall connected to an end of said planar base opposite said end wall, said second end wall connected substantially perpendicular to said planar base.
8. The container of claim 7 , wherein said second end wall comprises a first substantially vertical rail on an outside surface of said second end wall.
9. The container of claim 8 , wherein said second end wall comprises a second substantially vertical rail on an outside surface of said second end wall.
10. The container of claim 1 , wherein at least one wall of said four walls comprises a plurality of pairs of substantially vertical ribs defining pairs of aligned slots.
11. The container of claim 1 , wherein at least one removable insert of said plurality of removable inserts further comprises:
a pair of end walls attached substantially perpendicularly to opposite sides of said base, each said end wall comprising a vertical rail that removably slides between a respective pair of vertical ribs on opposite sides of said sidewall.
12. The container of claim 1 , further comprising:
a partition connected to said bottom plane and extending between two facing walls of said four walls, thereby dividing the container into two portions.
13. The container of claim 1 , wherein the container further comprises a lid that is attachable to said sidewall.
14. The container of claim 1 wherein at least one removable insert of said plurality of removable inserts, further comprises:
at least one gusset attached to at least one of post of said plurality of juxtapositioned posts, said at least one gusset providing support of said at least one post.
15. The container of claim 1 , wherein at least on removable insert of said plurality of removable inserts further comprises:
connection rails on said insert that fit within corresponding grooves in said sidewall for holding the at least one removable insert in the container.