Abstract: A live-crustacean holding fishing device and methods of making it are disclosed. The device includes a clasp attached to a long shank fishing hook. The clasp has a shell grasping portion at one end and is attached to tubular stretchable hook-casing at the other. The hook-casing has an attached ring tab. A live crustation is attached by fitting the shell grasping portion of the clasp between the carapace and first segment of the abdomen, then stretching the hook-casing so that the ring tab fits over the shrimp's horn. This secures the live crustation to the hook, but allows it to live and swim freely thereby serving as a live lure. The clasp is either glued to, or molded around, the shank of the hook. The hook-casing is secured to the clasp either by an adhesive or by lateral openings that fit over lateral protrusions on the clasp.

Abstract: A live crustacean holding fishing device is disclosed. The device has a clasp secured to the shank of a fishing hook in a proximity of the start of the arcuate bight of the hook. A ring tab is attached to the clasp via a stretchable hook casing. The components of the fishing device are sized and shaped such that a shrimp may be attached by passing the ring tab over the horn of the shrimp and stretching the hook casing so until the clasp is hooked under the armor plate shell of the shrimp, thereby securing the shrimp to the device, but allowing the shrimp to swim freely.

Abstract: A cricket bat in which the striking surface is off-set a distance of 1-2 cm from the front-line of the handle is disclosed. The bat may conform to the relevant Laws of Cricket, having a flat striking surface; a blade made of wood, 10.8 cm or less in width, and when combined with a handle, made mostly of cane, 96.5 cm or less in length. The handle is 52% or less of the bat's total length. In other versions, the bat may not conform to the Laws of Cricket, may be modular in construction and made of aluminum, glass or carbon fiber, a suitable plastic, or some combination of such materials. The blade and the handle may be joined by screw-attached brackets making the components interchangeable, allowing for customization of bat size, weight, length, color and decoration.

Abstract: A free standing cricket wicket deployable without penetrating a playing surface is described. In a preferred embodiment, the wicket has three stumps that mimic the behavior of traditional cricket stumps. The stumps are movably joined to a support-mount so that when a ball strikes a stump with sufficient velocity, the stump moves sufficiently to dislodge a bail. A sufficient velocity is one greater than 10% of the maximum velocity typically achieved in a game. The mechanism may also be a detachable mechanism, configured so a ball travelling with sufficient velocity strikes a stump, the stump separates from the mount. A sufficient velocity for this may be a velocity equal to half the maximum velocity attained in an average game. The mechanisms may include a ball-and-socket element and/or rare-earth magnets.

Abstract: A free standing cricket wicket deployable without penetrating a playing surface is described. In a preferred embodiment, the wicket has three stumps that mimic the behavior of traditional cricket stumps. The stumps are movably joined to a support-mount so that when a ball strikes a stump with sufficient velocity, the stump moves sufficiently to dislodge a bail. A sufficient velocity is one greater than 10% of the maximum velocity typically achieved in a game. The mechanism may also be a detachable mechanism, configured so a ball travelling with sufficient velocity strikes a stump, the stump separates from the mount. A sufficient velocity for this may be a velocity equal to half the maximum velocity attained in an average game. The mechanisms may include a ball-and-socket element and/or rare-earth magnets.

Abstract: A cricket bat in which the striking surface is off-set a distance of 1-2 cm from the front-line of the handle is disclosed. The bat may conform to the relevant Laws of Cricket, having a flat striking surface; a blade made of wood, 10.8 cm or less in width, and when combined with a handle, made mostly of cane, 96.5 cm or less in length. The handle is 52% or less of the bat's total length. In other versions, the bat may not conform to the Laws of Cricket, may be modular in construction and made of aluminum, glass or carbon fiber, a suitable plastic, or some combination of such materials. The blade and the handle may be joined by screw-attached brackets making the components interchangeable, allowing for customization of bat size, weight, length, color and decoration.