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US 6,802,150 B2Granted
Fishing rod holder
OwnerDoyle Hardeninventor
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Abstract
A holder for a fishing rod includes an elongated hollow body with a continuous opening disposed through the upper portion of the hollow body. The opening has a shape that provides for pieces to be formed at either end of the hollow body. The pieces prevent removal of the rod unless the fishing rod is held in the same orientation as that of the opening. The holder is particularly effective in preventing the unintentional release of the rod from the holder when the blank of the rod is violently flexed.
Claims5
A fishing system comprising:
- a fishing rod holder attached to a surface comprising
- an elongated hollow body having an upper portion, first and second side portions, a proximal end and a distal end, and
- a continuous opening disposed generally longitudinally through the upper portion of the body, said opening having such a shape that the opening at the proximal end of the hollow body is at said first side portion and the opening at the distal end of the hollow body is at said second side portion;
- and
- a fishing rod comprising a blank, a grip, and a reel assembly,
- the reel assembly being formed of a reel housing and a mounting structure for mounting the reel assembly to the blank, has been inserted,
- wherein the blank is disposed within the hollow body and extending out the distal end, the grip abuts the proximal end of the hollow body, and the entire reel assembly is spaced outside of the hollow body with the reel mounting structure being spaced in a longitudinal direction adjacent the proximal end of the hollow body and the reel assembly does not come in contact with the hollow body such that only minimal axial movement of the fishing rod is required to remove the fishing rod from the holder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.