Patent ID: 7200967

Claim:
A device for insertion into an existing beverage holder opening in a boat and receiving and supporting a handle of any length of a fishing rod, wherein the handle of the fishing rod has a reel thereon with a foot, and wherein the existing beverage holder opening in the boat is defined by a perimeter, said device comprising: a) a cup; and b) a tube; wherein said cup is for insertion into the existing beverage holder opening in the boat; wherein said tube extends into, and upwardly, at an angle from, said cup; wherein said tube is for receiving and supporting the handle of the fishing rod; wherein said tube has a bottom; wherein said bottom of said tube is open for allowing the handle of any length of the fishing rod to pass therethrough and be received and supported by said tube; wherein said cup has a bottom; wherein said bottom of said cup has a bore therethrough; wherein said bore in said bottom of said cup is coincident with said bottom of said tube for allowing the handle of any length of the fishing rod to pass therethrough and be received and supported by said tube; wherein said bottom of said cup has a perimeter; wherein said bore in said bottom of said cup is disposed adjacent to said perimeter of said bottom of said cup; wherein said cup has a top; wherein said top of said cup is disposed generally coaxially above said bottom of said cup; wherein said top of said cup is connected to said bottom of said cup by said tube; wherein said top of said cup has a perimeter; wherein said top of said cup has a bore; wherein said bore in said top of said cup is disposed adjacent to said perimeter of said top of said cup; wherein said bore in said top of said cup is diametrically opposite to said bore in said bottom of said cup; wherein said top of said cup is connected to said bottom of said cup by a pair of first fins; wherein said pair of first fins of said cup extend generally radially outwardly from both sides of said tube; wherein said top of said cup is connected to said bottom of said cup by a plurality of second fins; wherein said plurality of second fins of said cup extend substantially along chords of said cup from both sides of said tube and said pair of first fins of said cup; wherein said plurality of second fins of said cup have a pair of outermost second fins; wherein said pair of outermost second fins of said plurality of second fins of said cup have uppermost terminal portions; wherein said cup has a pair of resilient securing tabs; wherein said pair of resilient securing tabs of said cup are disposed on said pair of outermost second fins of said cup; and wherein said pair of resilient securing tabs of said cup are for releasably securing said device into the existing beverage holder opening in the boat.