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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2001
John A. Thompson, Grants Pass, OR (US);
Other;
Abstract
The fishing rod holder of this invention includes an elongated tube provided with an elongated slot through which a fishing rod is receivable for containment within the tube. A notch at one or both ends of the slot is configured to seat the reel component of one or two fishing rods and restrict longitudinal movement of the rod in the tube. A retainer is secured to the tube for removably spanning the slot for securing a fishing rod removably in the tube. In one embodiment the retainer is in the form of an outer tube received over the inner, rod-containing tube and provided with an axially extending slot. The outer tube is rotatable on the inner tube to afford registration of the slots in both tubes, to enable removal of the fishing rod from the inner tube. The outer tube may be of any length. Lock mechanism may releasably interengage the tubes when the outer tube closes the inner slot. Support blocks are mounted on the inner tube axially outward of the ends of the outer tube and displaced circumferentially from the slot in the inner tube. The support blocks serve to secure the inner tube to a supporting surface such as an automobile top, automobile cargo space, the hull of a boat, or to any other suitable surface, and they are oriented to allow access to the inner tube slot for removal of a fishing rod therefrom.