Fishing rod holding device incorporating rapid release construction

A holding device for use with a conventional fishing rod, the fishing rod including an elongate handle, a bendable shaft and a reel secured to the handle, the reel issuing a fishing line which extends in proximity along the shaft and beyond a remote end of the shaft, the fishing line terminating in a fish baiting portion, said holding device comprising:

• an elongate body constructed from a first elongate and polygonal cross sectional shaped halve and a second elongate and likewise polygonal cross sectional shaped halve, each of said first and second halves further including an open top end and a bottom end and defining, upon aligning said first and second halves in opposing and interengaging fashion, an elongate and interiorly extending passage for receiving in inserting manner the fishing rod handle, said first and second halves being pivotally connected to each other along said bottom ends;
• a trigger pivotally secured to said second semi-cylindrical shaped halve in a position proximate said open top end, said trigger further comprising first and second oppositely extending and arcuate shaped latch arms which extend around said second body halve and terminate in downwardly angled tabs proximate to said first semi-cylindrical shaped halve, said first body halve further including first and second outwardly extending ledges arrayed in abuttingly engaging alignment with said downwardly angled tabs upon said trigger being pivotally actuated in a selected direction for releasably interengaging said first semi-cylindrical halve together with said second semi-cylindrical halve, said trigger disengaging said first semi-cylindrical half from said second semi-cylindrical half upon being pivoted to a further selected and opposite direction and revealing the inserted end of the fishing rod handle;
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• a mounting assembly upon which said body is secured, said mounting assembly fixedly securing said holding device to a desired location.

A holding device for use with a conventional fishing rod, the fishing rod including an elongate handle, said holding device comprising:

• an elongate body constructed from a first semi-cylindrical shaped halve and a second semi-cylindrical shaped halve, each of said first and second halves further including an open top end and a closed bottom end and defining, upon aligning said first and second halves in opposing and interengaging fashion, an elongate and interiorly extending passage for receiving in inserting manner the fishing rod handle, said first and second halves being pivotally connected to each other along said bottom ends;
• a trigger pivotally secured to said second semi-cylindrical shaped halve, said trigger terminating in at least one latch mechanism for releasably interengaging said first semi-cylindrical halve together with said second semi-cylindrical halve in a first closed position, said trigger and latch mechanism disengaging said first semi-cylindrical half from said second semi-cylindrical half upon being pivoted to a second open position and revealing the inserted end of the fishing rod handle;
• a mounting assembly upon which said body is secured, said mounting assembly fixedly securing said holding device to a desired location, said mounting assembly further comprising an elongate ground stake having a first mounting end and a second turf engaging and spike shaped end, twist-fit engaging means being provided between said mounting end of said ground stake and said body, said twist-fit engaging means further comprising:
• a first arcuate and semi-circular shaped ledge projection extending from a top edge surface of said first mounting end of said ground stake;
• a second arcuate and semi-circular shaped ledge projection extending from said first mounting end a downwardly spaced distance from said first ledge projection and in a direction opposite said first ledge projection;
• said first semi-cylindrical shaped body halve of said holding device further having defined, upon an inner and correspondingly semi-cylindrical shaped surface of said halve, a projecting shoulder, said shoulder including first and second enlarged projections which are separated by a semicircular and reduced projection, said shoulder further defining upper and lower edge surfaces which are substantially spaced apart and equal to the distance established between the first and second ledge projections of the ground stake, an aperture being formed through said closed bottom end of said first semi-cylindrical shaped halve for insertion of said mounting end of said ground stake;
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• upon said mounting end of said ground stake being inserted within said aperture, said stake being rotated so that said first arcuate ledge projection engages upon an upper edge surface of a first selected enlarged shoulder projection, said second arcuate ledge projection engaging upon a lower edge surface of a second selected enlarged shoulder projection.

A holding device for use with a conventional fishing rod, the fishing rod including an elongate handle, said holding device comprising:

• an elongate body constructed from a first semi-cylindrical shaped halve and a second semi-cylindrical shaped halve, each of said first and second halves further including an open top end and a closed bottom end and defining, upon aligning said first and second halves in opposing and interengaging fashion, an elongate and interiorly extending passage for receiving in inserting manner the fishing rod handle, said first and second halves being pivotally connected to each other along said bottom ends;
• a trigger pivotally secured to said second semi-cylindrical shaped halve, said trigger terminating in at least one latch mechanism for releasably interengaging said first semi-cylindrical halve together with said second semi-cylindrical halve in a first closed position, said trigger and latch mechanism disengaging said first semi-cylindrical half from said second semi-cylindrical half upon being pivoted to a second open position and revealing the inserted end of the fishing rod handle;
• a mounting assembly upon which said body is secured, said mounting assembly fixedly securing said holding device to a desired location, said mounting assembly further comprising a deck mount for securing said elongate body to a substantially level surface, said deck mount further comprising repositioning means for permitting readjustment of said holding device body about at least one axis of rotation, said repositioning means further comprising:
• a first linkage member having a downwardly extending pedestal support which is engageably received within a receptacle formed in said deck mount, said pedestal support permitting said linkage member to be pivoted about a first axis extending linearly along said pedestal support, said first linkage member further terminating at an upper end in a first circular shaped head portion which displays a first interengaging circular face upon which are formed a first annular array of serrated portions, a key-shaped aperture extending through a central location of said first circular shaped head portion;
• a second linkage member having an elongate mounting portion extending therefrom and which secures to an exterior facing surface of said first semi-cylindrical shaped halve, said second linkage member further including a second circular shaped head portion which displays a second interengaging circular face upon which are formed a second annular array of serrated portions, a further key-shaped aperture extending through a central location of said second circular shaped head portion, said first and second annular arrays of serrated portions of said first and second circular linkage members being aligned in opposing and engaged fashion and so that said first and second key-shaped apertures are in alignment;
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• a locking key having an elongate stem and a knob secured to one end thereof, said stem insertingly engaging through said first and second aligned and key-shaped apertures, said knob being rotated in a selected direction to tighten said first and second circular shaped head portions of said linkage members and to permit said second linkage member and said elongate body to pivot about a second axis extending through a center line established with said first circular shaped head portion of said first linkage member.

A holding device for use with a conventional fishing rod, the fishing rod including an elongate handle, said holding device comprising:

• an elongate body constructed from a first semi-cylindrical shaped halve and a second semi-cylindrical shaped halve, each of said first and second halves further including an open top end and a closed bottom end and defining, upon aligning said first and second halves in opposing and interengaging fashion, an elongate and interiorly extending passage for receiving in inserting manner the fishing rod handle, said first and second halves being pivotally connected to each other along said bottom ends;
• a trigger pivotally secured to said second semi-cylindrical shaped halve, said trigger terminating in at least one latch mechanism for releasably interengaging said first semi-cylindrical halve together with said second semi-cylindrical halve in a first closed position, said trigger and latch mechanism disengaging said first semi-cylindrical half from said second semi-cylindrical half upon being pivoted to a second open position and revealing the inserted end of the fishing rod handle;
• said trigger further comprising a finger extending downwardly from said central portion, said second semi-cylindrical shaped halve further including a slot formed therethrough and which is positioned in proximity to said finger, a switch plate of lesser dimension than said slot and which is mounted within said slot, said switch plate being translatable from a first location in which it abuts against said finger portion to a second location in which it is slidably translated out of contact with said finger portion, said switch plate preventing pivotal engagement of said trigger when in said first location;
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• a mounting assembly upon which said body is secured, said mounting assembly fixedly securing said holding device to a desired location.

A holding device for use with a conventional fishing rod, the fishing rod including an elongate handle, said holding device comprising:

• an elongate body constructed from a first semi-cylindrical shaped halve and a second semi-cylindrical shaped halve, a first pair of mating and elongate extending recesses extending axially and along opposite and mating sides of said first halve, a second pair of mating and elongate extending projections extending in a likewise axially extending direction along opposite and mating sides of said second halve, each of said first and second halves further including an open top end and a closed bottom end and defining, upon aligning said first and second halves in opposing and interengaging fashion, an elongate and interiorly extending passage for receiving in inserting manner the fishing rod handle, said first and second halves being pivotally connected to each other along said bottom ends;
• a trigger pivotally secured to said second semi-cylindrical shaped halve, said trigger terminating in at least one latch mechanism for releasably interengaging said first semi-cylindrical halve together with said second semi-cylindrical halve in a first closed position, said trigger and latch mechanism disengaging said first semi-cylindrical half from said second semi-cylindrical half upon being pivoted to a second open position and revealing the inserted end of the fishing rod handle;
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• a mounting assembly upon which said body is secured, said mounting assembly fixedly securing said holding device to a desired location.