Patent ID: 6571507
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing rod holder, comprising:an elongate, upwardly open fishing rod receptacle, said fishing rod receptacle having first and second ends; a support for said fishing rod receptacle; and a pair of elongate fishing rod retainers on said fishing rod receptacle; said fishing rod retainers having first and second ends; pivot connections between said first end of said fishing rod receptacle and said first ends of said fishing rod retainers; said pivot connections having pivot axes which converge upwardly; and said fishing rod retainers being pivotable about said pivot axes between first positions in which said fishing rod retainers extend parallel to one another and to the fishing rod receptacle and form therewith an elongate space for accommodating and holding a portion of a fishing rod and second positions in which said fishing rod retainers are angled apart from one another, with said second ends of said fishing rod retainer moved upwardly and laterally apart, to release said fishing rod from said fishing rod receptacle.