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US 8,800,196 B2Granted
Multi-application, portable fishing rod holder
OwnerJacob B. Baumanninventor
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Abstract
An improved portable, fishing rod holder, for holding the handle of a fishing rod while it is in use and that is capable of being detachably secured to an assortment of environmental support structures, includes: (a) a container whose first end has an opening that is adapted to removably receive a fishing rod handle and whose second end has a threaded hole, (b) a threaded rod having proximal and distal ends, and a thread configuration adapted to allow this rod's proximal end to be detachably threaded into the threaded hole of the container's second end, and (c) a plurality of two-part (i.e., active and passive) clamps, each of which is capable of detachably securing this container to one of an assortment of possibly available environmental support structures.
Claims5
A portable, fishing rod holder for holding a handle of a fishing rod while said rod is in use, said holder capable of being detachably secured to an assortment of environmental support structures, each of said environmental support structures of a type having an upper and a lower surface, said holder comprising:
- a container having first and second ends and an axial centerline between said ends, said first end having an opening to a cavity having a configuration adapted to removably receive into said cavity said handle of said fishing rod, said second end having an axially-aligned threaded hole,
- a first threaded rod having proximal and distal ends, and a threaded configuration adapted to allow said first rod proximal end to be detachably threaded into said threaded hole of said container second end,
- a plurality of clamping means for detachably securing said container to one of said assortment of environmental support structures,
- wherein each of said clamping means having an active and a passive part,
- said passive part having a bottom surface adapted to allow said bottom surface to be placed in direct contact with one of said upper surfaces in said assortment of environmental support structures, said passive part bottom surface having a first passive hole with a configuration adapted to allow said first threaded rod distal end to pass through said passive hole in said passive part bottom surface,
- said active part having a top surface adapted to allow said top surface to be placed in direct contact with one of said lower surfaces in said assortment of environmental support structures, said active part top surface having a first threaded hole with a configuration adapted to allow said first threaded rod distal end to be detachably threaded into said active part top surface first threaded hole,
- wherein, when one of said plurality of clamping means is detachably securing said container to one of said assortment of environmental support structures, said first threaded rod proximal end is detachably threaded into said axially-aligned, threaded hole of said container second end and said first threaded rod distal end passes through said first passive hole in said passive part and is threaded into said first threaded hole of said active part,
- a second threaded rod having proximal and distal ends,
- in at least one of said clamping means, a second passive hole in said passive part and a second threaded hole in said active part,
- wherein said first passive hole, first threaded hole, second passive hole, and said second threaded hole being in a spaced-apart relationship,
- wherein said second passive hole of said passive part having a configuration adapted to allow said second threaded rod distal end to passively pass through said second passive hole in said passive part,
- wherein said second threaded hole of said active part having a configuration adapted to allow said second threaded rod distal end to be detachably threaded into said second threaded hole of said active part, and
- wherein, when one of said plurality of clamping means having said second passive hole and second threaded hole is detachably securing said container to one of said assortment of environmental support structures, said second threaded rod proximal end passes through said second passive hole in said passive part and is threaded into said second threaded hole of said active part.
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A portable, fishing rod holder for holding a handle of a fishing rod while said rod is in use, said holder capable of being detachably secured to an assortment of environmental support structures, each of said environmental support structures of a type having an upper and a lower surface, said holder comprising:
- a container having first and second ends and an axial centerline between said ends, said first end having an opening to a cavity having a configuration adapted to removably receive into said cavity said handle of said fishing rod, said second end having an axially-aligned threaded hole,
- a first threaded rod having proximal and distal ends, and a threaded configuration adapted to allow said first threaded rod proximal end to be detachably threaded into said threaded hole of said container second end,
- an in-the-slot clamp having an in-the-slot active and an in-the-slot passive part, said in-the-slot passive part having a flat bottom surface having an unthreaded, passive hole therein which has a configuration adapted to allow said first threaded rod distal end to pass through said unthreaded hole, said in-the-slot active part having a flat top surface having a threaded hole therein which has a configuration adapted to allow said first threaded rod distal end to be detachably threaded into said threaded hole,
- wherein, when said in-the-slot clamp is detachably securing said container to one of said assortment of environmental support structures, said first threaded rod proximal end is detachably threaded into said axially-aligned, threaded hole of said container second end and said first threaded rod distal end passes through said passive hole in said in-the-slot passive part and is threaded into said threaded hole of said in-the-slot active part,
- an end-of-board clamp having an end-of-board active and an end-of-board passive part, said end-of-board passive part having a passive part first leg and a passive part second leg that are joined together at a first straight line joint that includes at said first joint a ninety degree included angle between said passive part legs, said passive part first leg having a passive part extension that includes an unthreaded, passive hole therein which has a configuration adapted to allow said first threaded rod distal end to pass through said unthreaded hole, said active part having an active part first leg and an active part second leg that are joined together at a second straight line joint that includes at said second joint a ninety degree included angle between said active part legs, said active part first leg having an active part extension that includes a threaded hole therein which has a configuration adapted to allow said first threaded rod distal end to be detachably threaded into said threaded hole, and
- wherein, when said end-of-board clamp is detachably securing said container to one of said assortment of environmental support structures, said first threaded rod proximal end is detachably threaded into said axially-aligned, threaded hole of said container second end and said first threaded rod distal end passes through said passive hole in said passive part extension and is threaded into said threaded hole of said active part extension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.