FISHING ROD HOLDER
A fishing rod holder (10, 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D) having (i) at least one tubular component (9) having a continuous side wall (11), an open top (12), and bottom end wall (13) having a fastening shank or projection (14, 20, 31) extending outwardly and centrally from the bottom end wall (13); and (ii) a socket component (22, 28, 33) engageable with the shank for projections (14, 20, 31).
This invention relates to a fishing rod holder useful for holding a single fishing rod or a plurality of fishing rods.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTIONFishing rod holders are extremely well known and examples of same may be located in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,366,640, 4,803,794, 4,658,534, 5,662,306, 6,318,017 and 6,898,893.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4,366,640 there is described a fishing rod holder having a cross sectional shape in the form of a shallow U shape channel through which a handle of a fishing rod may be inserted into an aperture in of the side walls of the U. The central part of the channel may be mounted to a suitable support by use of a clamping assembly as well as a pair of screw threaded fasteners.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,803,794 refers to a elongate tube forming a fishing rod holder mounted at an angle to horizontal and having a flange or base plate which is mounted to a support by a screw threaded rod extending through aligned apertures in the flange or base plate and the rod. The fishing rod is held in desired position by a wing nut engaging the screw threaded rod.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,658,534 refers to a fishing rod holder in the form of a hollow pipe having a threaded bore at one end for threadably mounting the hollow pipe to a spike which has a head at one end and a point at the other end. A threaded collar is secured to the spike adjacent the head end but spaced therefrom to avoid damage to the threaded collar in use. The spike may be reversibly mounted in the hollow pipe so that the pointed end may be retained within the pipe or extend outwardly from the pipe.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,662,306 refers to a tubular fishing rod holder having a threaded L shaped hook which extends through a gap in a cleat which is attached to a side wall of the tubular fishing rod holder and wherein the L shaped hook is clamped to the cleat.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,898,893 refers to a fishing rod holder having a threaded rod and a fixed clamp attached to one end of the threaded rod and a U shaped support rod support bracket attached to the other end of the threaded rod.
Having regard to the prior art discussed above it will be appreciated that such prior art refers to fishing rod holders of complicated construction which means that manufacturing costs will be relatively expensive.
It therefore is an object of the invention to provide a fishing rod holder which is of simple construction.
The fishing rod holder of the invention includes a tubular rod holder having a continuous side wall, an open top and a closed end wall having a fastening shank or projection extending outwardly and centrally from the closed end wall and a socket member engageable with the shank or projection.
The tubular rod holder may have any suitable shape but is preferably round in cross section although this is not essential.
The fastening shank or projection extends centrally and outwardly from the closed end wall and may be screw threaded or non screw threaded. The shank or projection may also be tapered preferably progressively inwardly towards a free end of the shank or projection.
The shank or projection may also be provided with a transverse passage for insertion of a circlip.
The socket member may be of any suitable type and thus may be in the form of a mounting block releasably engageable to a chassis or bull bar of a vehicle for removal when appropriate. Alternatively the socket member may be a spike having a pointed end and a aperture or passage located at an end remote from the pointed end for releasable engagement with the shank or projection. Such engagement may involve a male-female interaction by interference fit, screw threaded engagement or use of a circlip extending through aligned transverse passages located in the shank or projection and the socket member.
Reference may now be made to a preferred embodiment of the invention as shown in the attached drawings wherein:
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The fishing rod holder may also be used for holding umbrellas or other elongate articles and the term “fishing rod holder” should be interpreted in this context.
Claims
1. A fishing rod holder having (i) at least one tubular component having a continuous side wall, an open top and a bottom end wall having a fastening shank or projection extending outwardly and centrally from the bottom end wall, and (ii) a socket component engageable with the shank or projection.
2. A fishing rod holder as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fastening shank or projection is screw threaded and engages with a screw threaded aperture or opening in the socket component.
3. A fishing rod holder as claimed in claim 1 wherein the shank or projection is unthreaded and engages with an unthreaded mating aperture or opening in the socket component wherein there is provided a transverse passage in the shank or projection and a mating transverse passage in the socket component wherein the transverse passage in the shank or projection is aligned with the mating transverse passage in the socket component in use and a retaining clip extends through the transverse passage and the mating transverse passage.
4. A fishing rod holder as claimed in claim 3 wherein the shank or projection is wedge shaped and the mating aperture has a complementary shape.
5. A fishing rod holder, as claimed in claim 1 wherein there is provided a plurality of tubular components and the socket component is a mounting block having a multiplicity of mating apertures which each engage with a respective tubular component wherein the mounting block is attached to a frame which is part of a chassis of a vehicle.
6. A fishing rod holder as claimed in claim 5 wherein the mounting block is provided with a pair of apertures located at each end thereof and there is further provided a pair of clamps which engage with the frame.
7. A fishing rod holder as claimed in claim 6 wherein the frame includes a horizontal frame member and each clamp is U shaped which extends around the horizontal frame member and each upright or stem of the U is screw threaded to engage with a mating screw threaded aperture located in the mounting block.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 23, 2013
Publication Date: Aug 8, 2013
Inventor: Jeffrey Lionel DUFTY (Arundel)
Application Number: 13/747,803