Patents by Inventor Delmer M. Smelker

Delmer M. Smelker 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).

  • Patent number: 5383299
    Abstract: A device for holding two fishing rods simultaneously comprising a vertically positionably post, the post having a lower end insertable into the ground, the post having an upper end with an extent formed at an acute angle with respect to the vertical and a horizontal component at the upper end of the upper extent adapted to be held by the person fishing, the post having an intermediate extent to orient the upper extent at an elevation to locate the lower portion of a fishing rod at a convenient height for the person fishing; a pair of tubes secured to the post adjacent to the upper extent thereof to orient the tubes with the axes at a common acute angle from the vertical with the axes of the tubes being rotationally displaced at an acute angle whereby two fishing rods supported by the tubes will extend at a proper angular orientation with respect to the horizontal and at a proper angular orientation with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Inventor: Delmer M. Smelker