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US 2014/0360086 A1Published application
Fishing rod holder
OwnerSteven Mark Finlaninventor
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Abstract
A fishing rod holder 10 includes a tubular receiver 18 for receiving a fishing rod and reel. The receiver 18 includes a longitudinal slot 26 extending downwardly from an open top 22 to intersect with a transverse slot 28. The transverse slot includes curved upper edges 34 that form hooks 36 at the intersection of the slot ends 32 and the slot upper edges 34 thereby to capture the arm of a fishing reel therein to retain the fishing reel and associated fishing rod within the holder.
Claims20
A fishing rod holder for holding a fishing rod and an associated reel mounted on the fishing rod, comprising a tubular-shaped receiver, said receiver comprising:
- (a) an interior of sufficient size to receive the butt portion of the fishing rod with a reel mounted to the rod;
- (b) an open first end;
- (c) a first longitudinal slot extending from the open first end lengthwise of the receiver, said longitudinal first slot sized to receive the leg of the fishing reel;
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- (d) a first transverse slot intersecting the first longitudinal slot, said first transverse slot sized to receive the leg of the fishing reel.
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