Patent ID: 6185856
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A01K,Y10S

Abstract:
A support for a fishing rod comprising an abutment plate, a mounting means for mounting said abutment plate on the body of a fisher-person, a support base mounted on said abutment plate, and a support tube formed of a coil spring with a flexibility and secured to said support base at an inclined attitude with a tip end thereof directed upwards, wherein said support tube is formed to rotatably support a base end portion of the fishing rod at an inner peripheral surface of said support tube to which said base end portion is to be fitted, and to permit the fishing rod to swing vertically and laterally by flexing of said support tube, and wherein said support tube has a widened portion formed at a tip end thereof for supporting an annular shoulder portion of the fishing rod connected to an upper end of said base end portion to limit the depth of fitting of said base end portion of the fishing rod into said support tube.