Patent ID: 7559171
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An adjustable fishing rod holder comprising: an elongated shaft with a longitudinal axis and upper and lower sections, the lower section having end means for maintaining the shaft in an immoveable position; a fishing rod holder; means extending through the holder and the shaft for rotatably connecting the holder to the shaft to place the holder in a plurality of angular positions in relation to the longitudinal axis of the shaft; control means mounted solely on one side of the upper section of the shaft for maintaining the holder in a plurality of different angular positions in relation to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, said control means comprising a control plate immoveably connected to the shaft and having a plurality of adjustment openings configured in a vertical line adjacent to one edge of the control plate, the vertical line of adjustment openings being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, the adjustment means further comprising at least one stop means removeably insertable into any of the plurality of openings for maintaining the holder in said plurality of different angular positions in relation to the longitudinal axis of the shaft; and wherein the means extending through the holder and the shaft for rotatably connecting the holder to the shaft further comprises an elongated member having a longitudinal axis, the elongated member extending through the control plate, the fishing rod holder, and the shaft along the longitudinal axis thereof for rotatably connecting the holder means to the control plate.