Fishing rod holder
OwnerWarren F. Rotherinventor
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Abstract
A fishing rod holder is adapted to be mounted on a suitable object, such as a boat, to releasably hold any of a plurality of different types and sizes of fishing rods. The rod holder includes a vertically adjustable support adapted to be mounted on the object, and a concave cradle member pivotally mounted on the upper marginal end portion of the support. Two resilient members are mounted on the cradle member, and are adapted to be wrapped around or folded to engage proximate portions of the rod to be held. These resilient members are adapted to be held in their operative rod-embracing positions by a means of suitable fasteners.
Claims8
A holder adapted to be mounted on an object and adapted to releasably hold any of a plurality of different types of fishing rods, comprising:
- support means adapted to be mounted on said object;
- and
- cradle means mounted on said support means and adapted to releasably hold a fishing rod, said cradle means including a cradle member, a resilient member having one portion mounted on said cradle member and having two free portions adapted to be folded to embrace proximate portions of said fishing rod, and at least one fastener means associated with each resilient member free portion and arranged to selectively engage said cradle member and adapted to hold the associated resilient member free portion in such rod-engaging position;
- whereby said holder may be used to releasably hold any of a plurality of different types of fishing rods, and may readily permit removal of a rod by selective disengagement of said fastener member from said cradle member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.