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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
William A Downey, Durham, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A storage system for a fishing rod and reel which includes a mounting block comprising a top face, a bottom face, a front face, a rear face, and two lateral faces, the rear face extending downwardly from the top face to the bottom face for a greater distance than the front face to define a bottom edge along each of the lateral faces which tapers downwardly from the front face to the rear face; a rod-receiving notch formed in the bottom face of the mounting block between the two lateral faces and extending upwardly into the block toward the top face and laterally into the block toward the lateral faces for a height and width sufficient to accept a rod, the notch having lateral edges, the lateral edges of the notch, and the bottom face of the block and the bottom edges of the lateral faces defining contact surfaces for a reel along the bottom face of the block; and a strap for securing a rod and reel into the mounting block.