# US 10,499,623 B2 · Paddle transformer device for fishing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,499,623 B2 - Document ID: US10499623B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/035,998 - Filed: 2018-07-16 - Published: 2018-12-13 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-25 - Applicants: Ronald C. Shiflett, Jr. - Inventors: Ronald C. Shiflett, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10499623B2 ## CPC - A01K 87/007: {with built-in accessories, e.g. lighting means or measuring devices} - A01K 87/06: Devices for fixing reels on rods - A01K 97/10: Supports for rods - B63B 34/05: {Vessels specially adapted for hunting or fishing} - B63B 34/26: Accessories for canoes, kayaks or the like (effecting propulsion by muscle power B63H16/00; outboard propulsion units B63H20/00) - B63H 16/04: Oars; Sculls; Paddles; Poles - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) - B63H: MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING (propulsion of air-cushion vehicles B60V1/14; specially adapted for submarines, other than nuclear propulsion, B63G; specially adapted for torpedoes F42B19/00) ## Abstract The present disclosure is directed to a transformer device that attaches to a paddle for fishing. The device may attach to a single or double ended paddle. In any embodiment, the device includes a reel mount that enables a fishing reel to be mounted to the shaft of a paddle. The device also includes a rod mount that removably attaches to a shaft of a paddle. In one embodiment, the reel mount and the rod mount are independently attachable and positionable along a paddle shaft. The rod mount can removably accept and secure a fishing rod including guides for fishing line. One or more rods can be interchangeably coupled to the rod mount. In another embodiment, the rod mount includes a catch for retaining a rod within a ferrule of the rod mount. The device is attachable to a typical paddle to permit fishing while a user propels a watercraft. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for attachment to a paddle having a shaft and an oar blade, comprising: a reel seat comprising: a reel coupling configured to engage a foot of a fishing reel; and at least a first clamp attached to said reel coupling, said first clamp adapted to at least partially encircle the shaft of the paddle; a rod extending between a base end and a tip, said base end including a coupling member; and a rod mount comprising: a paddle clamp configured to at least partially encircle the shaft of the paddle; and a ferrule attached to said paddle clamp, said ferrule configured to receive said base end of said rod and engage said coupling member of said rod to orient said rod along a length of the paddle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein said ferrule further comprises hollow tube, wherein said base end of said rod is sized for receipt in said hollow tube. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein said ferrule further comprises a slot extending through a sidewall of said hollow tube and extending axially from a first end of said hollow tube along a longitudinal axis of said hollow tube. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device of claim 3, wherein said coupling member comprises a pin extending radially outward from said base end of said rod. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device of claim 4, wherein said pin is configured to slide along said slot when said base end is inserted into said hollow tube. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The device of claim 3, wherein said slot further comprises a transverse portion disposed toward a rearward end of said slot. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein said ferrule further comprises a spring disposed within said hollow tube, said spring configured to apply a bias force to said base end of said rod. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The device of claim 7, wherein said spring biases said coupling member against a notch located in a slot in said hollow tube. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein said rod mount is positionable along the shaft to dispose said rod at least partially over the blade of the paddle. ### Claim 10 A fishing device having components for attachment to a paddle, comprising: a reel seat comprising: a reel coupler configured to engage a foot of a fishing reel; and first and second clamps attached to the reel coupling, said first and second clamps adapted to at least partially encircle a shaft of the paddle to removably secure said reel coupler to the paddle; a rod extending between a base end and a tip, said base end comprising a coupling pin extending radially outward; and a rod mount comprising: a paddle clamp configured to at least partially encircle the shaft to removably secure said rod mount to the paddle; and a hollow tube attached to the paddle clamp, said hollow tube having a receiving slot disposed through a sidewall of the hollow tube and configured to receive said coupling pin when said base end of said rod is disposed within said hollow tube. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The device of claim 10, wherein said receiving slot extends axially along said hollow tube. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, wherein said receiving slot further comprises a transverse section at a rearward end of said receiving slot, wherein said pin is configured to slide axially along the receiving slot and rotate into the transverse section. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The device of claim 10, further comprising: a spring at least partially disposed within said hollow tube, wherein said spring is configured to exert a bias force on said rod when said rod is disposed within said hollow tube. ### Claim 14 A fishing assembly for attachment to a paddle, comprising: a reel seat configured to engage the foot of a fishing reel, the reel seat comprising a clamp for removably attaching to a shaft of the paddle; a rod with a pin located adjacent to a base end of said rod, said pin extending radially outward from said rod; and a rod mount comprising: a hollow tube with an interior configured to receive said base end of said rod; a slot disposed though a sidewall of said hollow tube and having a first portion extending, from a forward end of said hollow tube, axially along a length of said hollow tube and a second catch portion that extending transverse from a rearward end of said first portion of said slot, wherein said slot receives said pin when said base end of said rod is disposed within said hollow tube; and a bias force member disposed within the hollow tube and configured to engage base end of said rod and provide a force to maintain said pin in said catch portion of said slot. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The fishing assembly of claim 14, wherein the bias force member comprises a spring, wherein the spring is compressed upon said base end of said rod being inserted in said hollow tube and said pin being disposed within said catch portion of said slot.