Patent ID: 7093388

Claim:
A sinker storage device mounted to an upper deck of and entirely inside a boat for separately holding non-split sinkers having eyelets at top ends thereof, the device comprising: a tubular sinker retainer structure having a substantially closed sidewall for individually holding the non-split sinkers fixed relative thereto such that the top end of the sinker always protrudes from the sinker retainer structure; and a mounting arrangement fastening the sinker retainer structure to topside support surface within a fishing boat, wherein the sinker retainer structure and the mounting arrangement are coupled together by a spline and slot arrangement, wherein the sinker retainer structure includes at least one cup having a cylindrical sidewall forming an internal pocket retaining only one of the non-split sinkers therein, and a vertical support wall joined to the cup sidewall, wherein the cup has an open top, an open bottom wall and the cylindrical sidewall is formed with a pair of aligned openings on opposite sides of the sidewall in register with a central hole provided in the vertical support wall, and wherein the open bottom wall is formed with a plurality of downwardly depending bosses for facilitating attachment of the sinker retainer structure to the fishing boat.