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US 9,629,351 B2Granted
Fishing rod holder for use on a square tube
OwnerRonald E. Bootsinventor
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Abstract
A fishing rod holder for use on a square tube is made from a single length of stiff wire that is bent to form a top leg and a bottom leg that both embrace and contact the square tube be being bent to grip side walls of the square tube with a middle portion of the fishing rod holder bent to form a forward U-shaped channel with an upward facing opening that a forward portion of a fishing rod rests in and a rearward U-shaped channel with a downward opening that restrains the upward movement of the fishing rod handle.
Claims8
A fishing rod holder for use on a square tube comprising in combination:
- a. a vertically oriented square tube;
- b. a fishing rod holder removably attached to said square tube, said fishing rod holder, said fishing rod holder further comprising a single length of wire bent to form a top leg for gripping the square tube;
- c. said single length of wire further bent to form a bottom leg for gripping the square tube at a point lower than said top leg when the square tube is vertically oriented;
- d. a fishing rod holding portion of said fishing rod holder lying between said top leg and said bottom leg, said fishing rod holding portion further comprising a forward U-shaped bracket portion and a rear inverted U-shaped bracket portion;
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- e. a fishing rod removably set into said fishing rod holding portion of said fishing rod holder with a forward portion of said fishing rod resting in a lowest portion of said forward U-shaped bracket for restraining the forward portion of the fishing rod from downward movement and a handle portion of said fishing rod under the highest portion of said inverted U-shaped bracket portion for restraining said handle of said fishing rod from upward movement, whereby said fishing rod is held firmly and in a bind such that more weight on a distal end of said fishing rod tightens the hold of said fishing rod holder on said fishing rod.
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A fishing rod holder for use on a square tube comprising in combination:
- a. a vertically oriented square tube;
- b. a fishing rod holder removably attached to said square tube, said fishing rod holder further comprising a single length of wire bent to form a top leg having a U-shaped bracket formed by two spaced apart 90° bends for contacting at least two sides of said square tube including at least a rear face and a left face of said square tube and
- a bottom leg having two spaced 90° bends forming a bottom leg U-shaped bracket for contacting at least two sides of the square tube including at least a front face and a right face of the square tube;
- c. a fishing rod holding portion between said top leg and said bottom leg, said fishing rod holding portion further comprising a forward U-shaped bracket portion for restraining downward movement of a distal end of a fishing rod and a rear inverted U-shaped bracket portion for restraining the upward movement of a handle end of a fishing rod and said forward U-shaped bracket portion is in front of and higher than said rear inverted U-shaped et portion and said forward U-shaped bracket portion and said rear inverted U-shaped bracket portion lie in the same plane;
- d. a fishing rod holding portion of said fishing rod holder lying between said top leg and said bottom leg, said fishing rod holding portion further comprising a forward U-shaped bracket portion and a rear inverted U-shaped bracket portion;
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- e. a fishing rod removably set into said fishing rod holding portion of said fishing rod holder with a forward portion of said fishing rod resting in a lowest portion of said forward U-shaped bracket for restraining the forward portion of the fishing rod from downward movement and a handle portion of said fishing rod under the highest portion of said inverted U-shaped bracket portion for restraining said handle of said fishing rod from upward movement, whereby said fishing rod is held firmly and in a bind such that more weight on a distal end of said fishing rod tightens the hold of said fishing rod holder on said fishing rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.