Patent ID: 7278233
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A dual fishing rod holder for insertion into a handle receiver on a boat comprising: a first tube having a first end and a second end, and a bend disposed between the first and the second ends, forming a first portion of said first tube on one side of the bend and a second portion of the first tube on the opposite side of the bend, the bend forming an obtuse angle between the first and second portions with the first portion oriented above the second portion, each of the first and second portions having an interior end adjacent to the bend and a terminal end opposite the interior end; a strap secured to the terminal end of the first portion of the first tube; two clips secured to the strap, each clip for engaging a reel eye of a first fishing reel to support a first fishing rod secured to the first fishing reel in a generally horizontal orientation relative to the boat; a second tube for engaging a handle of a second fishing rod and supporting a second fishing rod above the first fishing rod relative to the boat when both a first and a second fishing rods are supported by the dual fishing rod holder, the second tube attached to the second portion of the first tube via a support directly connected between the second tube and the second portion of the first tube, the support oriented perpendicular to the second tube and the second portion of the first tube, the second tube extending above and parallel with the second portion of the first tube.