Shrimp trap with snap-on funnels

Claim 1

A SHRIMP TRAP COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TUBULAR CAGE MADE OF SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID HARDWARE CLOTH AND OPEN AT BOTH ENDS, A READILY APPLICABLE AND REMOVABLE CLOSURE UNIT FOR EACH END, EACH UNIT EMBODYING A TRUNCATED CONICAL FUNNEL PROJECTING TELESCOPINGLY INTO THE TRAPPING SPACE OF SAID CAGE, A BAIT HOLDING COMPARTMENT ENCIRCLING AND ATTACHED TO A MEDIAN PORTION OF SAID FUNNEL, AND READILY ACCESSIBLE RETAINER MEANS CARRIED BY THE END PORTIONS OF SAID CAGE FOR SECURING SAID CLOSURE UNITS IN OPERATIVE POSITION, EACH UNIT BEING PROVIDED WITH A SECOND TRUNCATED CONICAL FUNNEL SHORTER THAN AND FITTING TELESCOPINGLY INTO AND WITHIN THE ENCOMPASSING CONFINES OF THE FIRSTNAMED FUNNEL, AND THE TRUNCATED ENDS OF SAID FUNNELS BEING CUT AT AN ANGLE OBLIQUE TO THE LENGTHWISE AXIAL CENTER OF SAID FUNNELS, THE OBLIQUITY OF THE CUT OF ONE FUNNEL BEING DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE OTHER FUNNEL TO MINIMIZE THE CHANCES OF AN ENTRAPPED SHRIMP ESCAPING BY AN EXIT ROUTE VIA THE SPACED TRUNCATED ENDS AND FIRST AND SECOND-NAMED FUNNELS.