Patent ID: 6357639
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A01K,A45F,Y10S

Abstract:
A fishing pole holder, comprising:holster means sized to overlie an outer lower leg portion of a fisherman for removably receiving a lower handle portion of a fishing pole and providing the sole support for the fishing pole without requiring any auxiliary holder connected to any other portion of the fishing pole or the use of a hand or an arm of the fisherman, wherein the holster means includes a rigid tube and a primary pocket for holding the tube, the tube being dimensioned for slidably receiving the lower handle portion of the fishing pole in a hollow interior thereof; means for removably securing the holster means to the lower leg portion of the fisherman; and the holster means being configured for inclining the lower handle portion of the fishing pole in a forward direction away from the outer lower leg portion of the fisherman so that an upper free portion of the fishing pole extends in a generally upright orientation with the upper free portion of the pole being inclined in the forward direction away from a torso of the fisherman to position a tip of the pole for convenient two-handed baiting of a hook attached to a fishing line of the fishing pole and two-handed removal of a fish from the hook.