Patent ID: 7753441
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A multifunctional fisherman chair for supporting a plurality of existing fishing rods during extended periods of time, said multifunctional fisherman chair comprising: a chair having pivotally attached seat and back sections selectively articulated between folded and unfolded positions, said chair further having a support frame connected to said seat section and spaced from said back section respectively, said support frame being selectively adapted between collapsed and extended positions in such a manner that said support frame lays generally coplanar with said seat and back sections when adapted to said collapsed position; and means for holding the plurality of existing fishing rods adjacent to said seat section in such a manner that the existing fishing rods extend upwardly and forwardly therefrom; wherein said support frame is maintained at said extended position while said seat and back sections are pivotally adapted between said folded and unfolded positions respectively; wherein said holding means comprises: a plurality tubular sleeves pivotally coupled to laterally disposed outer sides of said seat section, each of said tubular sleeves having an open top end and a closed bottom end situated subjacent to said seat section such that a longitudinal length of said tubular sleeves is angularly offset from a horizontal plane defined along said seat section; means for automatically notifying a user when a fish takes bait from at least one of the plurality of existing fishing rods, said automatic notifying means being configured in such a manner that the user is able to quickly identify which one of the existing fishing rods has been accessed by the fish, said automatic notifying means being coupled to said tubular sleeves and an underside of said seat section respectively while remaining spaced from said support frame and said back section respectively; wherein said automatic notifying means further comprises: a first rectilinear guide track attached to said underside of a first half of said seat section; a first plurality of rectilinear rods adjustably engaged with said first guide track respectively and being displaced along said first half of said seat section; and a first plurality of deformably resilient spring members having opposed first and second ends respectively, each of said first ends of said first plurality of spring members being statically conjoined directly to said closed end of a first one of said tubular sleeves, said second ends of said first plurality of spring members being statically conjoined directly to said first plurality of rods respectively; wherein said first plurality of rods linearly reciprocate along mutually exclusive linear travel paths defined along said first guide track when a first one of the existing fishing rods is jerked back and forth; wherein said first plurality of spring members return to corresponding equilibrium positions after the first existing fishing rod is removed from said first tubular sleeve.