Patent ID: 7676983

Claim:
A carrying case for transporting a user's fishing equipment, said fishing equipment including a plurality of vertically oriented fishing rods with attached reels, comprising: a. an external container having a solid base, an open top, and a wall extending from said solid base to said open top, said wall having an inside face and an outside face; b. an insert configured to insert into said open top of said external container, said insert further including i. a lid, said lid having a top, a bottom, a perimeter and a plurality of cutouts in said perimeter, with each cutout configured to receive a shaft of one of said fishing rods; ii. a base, said base having a top and a bottom; and iii. a support, said support attaching said lid to said base of said insert, said support being configured so that said reels attached to said rods can fit between said support and said wall of said external container; c. at least one rib, position to lie between said external container and said insert when said insert is placed into said external container; d. a storage space, said storage space bounded by said base of said external container, said base of said insert, and said wall of said external container when said insert is situated within said external container, with said base of said insert being separated from said base of said container by said at least one rib; e. a latch for removably attaching said insert to said external container, said latch having an attached state and a detached state, whereby when said insert is attached to said external container, said lid of said insert lies within said open top of said container; and f. a handle extending upward from said lid, with said handle being positioned over a center of said lid, said handle and latch being configured such that when said latch is in said attached state lifting up on said handle will lift said external container, said insert, and anything stored therein, and when said latch is in said detached state, lifting up on said handle will pull said insert out of said external container, along with any of said fishing rods attached to said insert.