Patent ID: 6493982
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A device supporting the arm of a fisherman using a spinning-type fishing rod having a cylindrical rod handle providing a gripping area for a hand of the fisherman, comprising:cradle means for supporting the upper forearm of the fisherman, rod handle support means for holding the fishing rod handle in alignment with said cradle means, said rod handle support means being positioned below and rotatably connected with said cradle means about a horizontal axis of rotation, said handle support means and said cradle means each being rotatably movable about said horizontal axis to a plurality of positions in response to pressure applied to said cradle means and said rod handle support means, clamping means for removably gripping said rod handle to said handle support means, said clamping means being attached to said rod handle support means, and self-adjusting positioning means operating in response to pressures exerted by said cradle means and said rod handle support means for locking said cradle means with said handle support means at any one of said plurality of positions, and further for unlocking said cradle means and said handle support means from said locked position, wherein said self-adjusting positioning means includes mutually cooperatively associated elements of said cradle means, and said rod handle support means, for being operatively responsive when self-adjusting to said pressure exerted by said cradle means and rod handle support means, without interference of any frictional forces acting on said associated elements; and said self-adjusting positioning means further having a rod handle support member with a flange that forms an inner cylindrical chamber having a chamber axis, and said inner cylindrical chamber having a wall that defines one of said plurality of mutually cooperatively associated elements or parallel teeth having elongated peaks and valleys in alignment with said chamber axis for locking/unlocking engagement with the other said mutually cooperatively associated element.