Patent ID: 8757399

Claim:
A rod carrier unit for fishing rod assemblies, each rod assembly having a handle portion and a rod portion, comprising: a) a base having a lower side for resting on a support surface, and an upper side; b) first and second legs, each having a bottom end removably attached to the base and projecting from the base's upper side and terminating in a top end, wherein each of said first and second legs are spaced apart at the bottom end, and wherein each of said first and second legs further comprise a plurality of vertically aligned slots; and c) a plurality of clip elements, each having a holding slot with an open end, for receiving and detachably retaining at least one of a handle portion and a rod portion of a rod assembly, said plurality of clip elements further comprising an attachment feature allowing for receipt into one of said vertically aligned slots selected from said plurality of vertically aligned slot such that receipt of said vertically aligned slots selected from said plurality of vertically aligned slot forms an interference fit with said vertically aligned slot such that the clip element can slide to and be retained in a plurality of positions within said vertically aligned slot, and such sliding is independent of clip elements utilized in any other vertically aligned slot of said plurality of vertically aligned slots.