Abstract: A reel mount incorporated within the handle (10) of a fishing rod. The gripping portion (14) of the handle (10) has a smoothly contoured exterior gripping surface (14) and a hollow, interior cavity (20) into which the foot (15) of a reel (16) may be received. An aperture (23) penetrates the gripping surface (14), and the foot (15) may be button holed through the aperture (23) to be received within the cavity (20). A seating surface (45) is provided at the longitudinal extremities of the aperture (23), and a pressure plate (38) is translatable demountably to secure the foot (15) between the seating surface (45) and the pressure plate (38). A threaded shaft (36) is attached to the pressure plate (38), and an adjusting nut (35)--which threadably engages the shaft (36)--is rotatably received within a passageway (32) oriented transversely through the handle (10).

Abstract: An umbrella frame having an upper mounting member (11) fixed on the upper end of a central shaft (10) and a lower mounting member (12) slidable on said shaft with a circumferential series of outer ribs (13) pivoted at the upper end to the upper mounting member (11), and stretcher rods (16) pivotally connecting intermediate portions of said ribs (13) to said lower mounting member (12). The pivotal connections between the mounting members (11) and (12) and the ribs (13) and rods (16) are locked in place by retainer plates (25) and (25a) respectively, movable on the shaft (10).