Combined entry and cover for a lobster trap

Claim 1

A COMBINED LOBSTER TRAP LID AND ENTRY FOR A TRAP OF TRUNCATED CONIC BODY FORM, COMPRISING A SHALLOW SEGMENT OF GENERALLY SPHERICAL SHELL CONFIGURATION HAVING AN OPEN BOTTOM END AND A CURVING WALL RISING UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY FROM SAID OPEN END COMPRISING A NETWORK OF RIBS AND HORIZONTAL RINGS, THE UPPERMOST RING BEING A THICKENED ANNULUS DEFINING THE UPPER MARGIN OF A FLARED TUBULAR ENTRY PASSAGE COAXIAL WITH SAID RINGS, THE WALLS OF SAID PASSAGE COMPRISING FLEXIBLE CURVING FINGERS OF TAPERING STRIP FORM INTEGRALLY JOINED WITH SAID UPPERMOST RING BY THEIR ONE ENDS AND SLOPING INWARDLY AND DEPENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM, SAID FINGERS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF GROUPS, EACH OF SAID GROUPS HAVING UNIFORM LENGTH AND CURVATURE OF SAID FINGERS DIFFERENT FROM THE LENGTH AND CURVATURE OF FINGERS OF ANOTHER GROUP AND BEING ANGULARLY SPACED FROM AND INTERSPERSED WITH OTHER GROUPS, THE INWARD ENDS OF THE SHORTER GROUP SLOPING AT A LESSER ANGLE TO THE HORIZONTAL THAN THE INWARD ENDS OF ANY OTHER GROUP AND TERMINATING ON A CIRCLE OF LARGER DIAMETER THAN THE CORRESPONDING ENDS OF OTHER GROUPS, THE LOWER ENDS OF THE LONGEST GROUP BEING DOWNWARDLY CURVED TO LIE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL ARRAY OF RESTRICTED DIAMETER.