Patent ID: 7296377

Claim:
In a combined outrigger holder and fishing rod holder apparatus for a boat, having means for adjustment of the outrigger holder to a plurality of positions in both a horizontal plane and a vertical plane; an outrigger support means having an arm for holding an outrigger, and further comprising a clamp means for securing the outrigger holder to a portion of said boat, said clamp means having at least two portions forming a clamp, one of said portions being a first portion having a cylindrical extension which has a plurality of radially extending holes therein in a plane perpendicular to an axis of said cylindrical extension; a base embracing the cylindrical extension in a sliding fit, said base being retained axially with respect to said first portion; said base having a cylindrical tubular boss extending therefrom, said boss having internal and external threads; a handle having a shank; a cap mounted in threaded engagement to the external threads of the boss, said cap having a hole therein, through which said shank of said handle passes; a retainer positioned inside said cap, said retainer having a cylindrical portion in threaded engagement with the internal threads of said boss, said retainer having a shoulder arranged to rest against an end of said boss and prevent it from entering further into said boss; a threaded stud extending from said retainer and fixedly threaded into said shank, such that when said handle is rotated counterclockwise, said retainer will be moved away from said cylindrical extension; a spring positioned within said cap, such that when said retainer is fully unthreaded from said boss, said spring will force said retainer toward said boss; a protrusion extending from a side of said retainer opposite to the threaded stud, said protrusion is dimensioned to fit in sliding engagement within the holes in said cylindrical extension, said protrusion being dimensioned to be completely withdrawn from said holes in said cylindrical extension when said retainer is backed off completely from threaded engagement with said boss and said handle is pulled with an outward force further in the direction of disengagement, whereby, in this withdrawn position, said base can be rotated in a horizontal plane thereby rotating the outrigger support means in a horizontal plane.