Patent Publication Number: US-11033015-B2

Title: Wrist worn storage assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to storage devices and more particularly pertains to a new storage device for storing fishing tackle on a wrist. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tube that is worn around a wrist. The tube has a thumb portal and a hand portal. The thumb portal has a thumb extended therethrough and the hand portal has a hand extended therethrough. A panel is coupled to the tube and the panel is folded onto itself to define a pouch for storing fishing tackle. In this way the fishing tackle is stored on the wrist during fishing for easy access to the fishing tackle. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a wrist worn storage assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a left side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a right side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 7  is a cross sectional view taken along line  7 - 7  of  FIG. 2  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 7  thereof, a new storage device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 7 , the wrist worn storage assembly  10  generally comprises a tube  12  that is worn around a wrist  14  of a non-dominant hand during fishing. The tube  12  has a thumb portal  16  and a hand portal  18 ; the thumb portal  16  has a thumb  20  extended therethrough and the hand portal  18  has a hand  22  extended therethrough. The tube  12  has a first end  24 , a second end  26  and an outer wall  28  extending therethrough, and the second end  26  defines the hand portal  18 . The outer wall  28  flares outwardly adjacent to the second end  26  to define a horn portion  30  of the outer wall  28 . The tube  12  has the greatest length along a line extending through the first end  24  and the horn portion  30 . The thumb portal  16  extends the horn portion  30  of the outer wall  28  and the outer wall  28  has an outside surface  32 . The tube  12  may be comprised of a resiliently stretchable material, such as spandex or the like, thereby supporting the wrist  14 . 
     A panel  34  is coupled to the tube  12  and the panel  34  is folded onto itself to define a pouch  36  for storing fishing tackle  38 . In this way the fishing tackle  38  is positioned on the wrist  14  during fishing for easy access to the fishing tackle  38 . The panel  34  may be comprised of a resiliently stretchable material such as spandex or the like. Moreover, the panel  34  may be comprised of a pierce resistant material thereby inhibiting hooks on the fishing tackle  38  from engaging the pouch  36 . 
     The panel  34  has a first surface  40 , a second surface  42  and a peripheral edge  44  extending therebetween, and the peripheral edge  44  has a first side  46  and a second side  48 . A portion of the first surface  40  is coupled to the outside surface  32  of the tube  12  thereby defining a coupled portion  50  being coupled to said tube  12 , a first free portion  52  and a second free portion  54  of the panel  34 . The first end  24  has the first free portion  52  associated therewith and the second end  26  has the second free portion  54  associated therewith. The second free portion  54  is folded over the coupled portion  50  having the second side  48  being spaced from the coupled portion  50  to define an opening  56  in the pouch  36 . The first free portion  52  is foldable over the second free portion  54 , thereby forming a flap  58  to cover the opening  56  in the pouch  36 . The first end  24  may have a an angled edge on one side of the flap  58 . 
     A first mating member  60  is coupled to the first surface  40  of the second free portion  54  of the panel  34 . The first mating member  60  is spaced from the second side  48  of the peripheral edge  44  of the panel  34 . A second mating member  62  is coupled to the second surface  42  of the first free portion  52  of the panel  34 . The second mating member  62  is spaced from the first side  46  of the peripheral edge  44  of the panel  34 . Additionally, the second mating member  62  releasably engages the first mating member  60  to close the pouch  36 . Each of the first  60  and second  62  mating members may comprise a hook and loop fastener or other type of releasable fastener that is unaffected by exposure to water. 
     In use, the tube  12  is worn on the wrist  14  of the non-dominant hand during fishing. Selected lures, baits and other articles of fishing tackle  38  are positioned in the pouch  36 . Thus, each of the selected lures, baits and other articles of fishing tackle  38  are immediately available while a fishing rod is being used. In this way the fishing tackle  38  on the fishing rod can be quickly changed, thereby reducing time spent not fishing. Additionally, the tube  12  supports the wrist  14  thereby reducing fatigue while using the fishing rod. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.