Patents by Inventor David Donovan Elford

David Donovan Elford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fishing rod holders
    Patent number: 6571507
    Abstract: A fishing rod holder has an elongate upwardly open fishing rod receptacle with upwardly divergent opposite sides, a pair of elongate fishing rod retainers on the fishing rod receptacle, the fishing rod retainers extending side-by-side along the fishing rod receptacle and forming therewith an elongate passage for accommodating a portion of a fishing rod in a first position of the fishing rod retainers, and pivot connections at one end of the fishing rod receptacle at the opposite sides of the fishing rod receptacle and respective ends of the fishing rod retainers, the pivot connections having pivot axes which converge upwardly and inwardly of the opposite sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Inventor: David Donovan Elford
  • Fishing rod holders
    Publication number: 20020023379
    Abstract: A fishing rod holder has an elongate upwardly open fishing rod receptacle with upwardly divergent opposite sides, a pair of elongate fishing rod retainers on the fishing rod receptacle, the fishing rod retainers extending side-by-side along the fishing rod receptacle and forming therewith an elongate passage for accommodating a portion of a fishing rod in a first position of the fishing rod retainers, and pivot connections at one end of the fishing rod receptacle at the opposite sides of the fishing rod receptacle and respective ends of the fishing rod retainers, the pivot connections having pivot axes which converge upwardly and inwardly of the opposite sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventor: David Donovan Elford