Patent ID: 9532559
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A01K,F16M

Claim:
1. A fishing rod holder apparatus, comprising: a tee pipe having a long cylinder with a length and inside diameter suitable to loosely hold the handle of a fishing rod, and a short cylinder at right angles from the long cylinder, with a threaded inside surface and an axis down the center of the short cylinder; a snap clamp element comprising a head with a width and a curvature adapted to securely fit around a support member without the use of screws or tools, a body and a male end threaded to screwably affix without the use of screws to the threaded inside surface of the short cylinder that forms a female end; a rotatable connection point comprising a release surface, having a surface tension less than that of the material of the male threaded end of the snap clamp element and the female end of the short cylinder, configured to permit continuous rotation of the snap clamp head about the axis of the short cylinder of up to 90 degrees wherein the rotatable connection point, after rotation, will remain stable; and an effective length comprising the distance between the point where the long axis of the short cylinder first touches the long cylinder and the point of the inside of the snap clamp curvature nearest the short cylinder that is sufficient to allow the fishing rod handle to be freely supported in the long cylinder but not too great as to cause the snap clamp head to prematurely release from the support member.