Patent ID: 7213361

Claim:
A fishing pole support stand comprising: a tubular, elongated rigid body having a first end and a second end; a support structure comprising three legs configured to be removably connected to the first end of the body in a first position and a second position, the three legs each have an end and a middle, the support structure further comprising: a first set of apertures on the first end of the body for receiving the ends of the legs; a manifold on the first end of the body spaced below the first set of apertures, the manifold including three apertures which all extend in a single plane transverse to a longitudinal axis of the body, two of the three apertures receiving only the ends of the legs to a depth within the two apertures, and the third of the three apertures extending completely through the manifold and which allows one of the legs to pass through the manifold from one side to the other side of the manifold; wherein in the first position, the three legs are connected to the body by having their ends received in respective apertures of the first set of apertures, and wherein in the second position, two of the three legs are connected to the body by having only the ends of the two legs received to the depth within the two of the three apertures of the manifold, and the third lea of the three legs is received in the third of the three apertures so that the third leg extends completely therethrough with the middle of the third lea being located in the third aperture and with opposing portions of the third leg extending on either side of the manifold, and wherein the three legs all extend in a single horizontal plane in the second position; and a pole retaining mechanism at the second end of the body, the pole retaining mechanism comprising two opposite concave regions defined by the second end of the body forming a taper at the second end and a pivot axis defined by the second end of the body orthogonal to the concave regions.