Patent ID: 7975426

Claim:
A fishing rod holder mechanism, comprising: A) housing means including an upper opening and a bottom, said housing means having a rear wall; B) holder means for removably holding a fishing rod with a fishing line cast away from said rod, said holder means being pivotally mounted within said housing means and movable between first and second extreme positions; C) first spring means for biasing said holder means towards said first extreme position; and D) releasable means for locking said holder means at said second extreme position, said means for locking includes rotably mounted elongated member that extends longitudinally alongside and parallel to said holder means, said elongated member having first and second ends and including a torsion spring to bias said elongated member at a first predetermined position and means for limiting the rotation of said elongated member to a second extreme predetermined position, and having trigger means for releasing said means for locking and said trigger means being responsive to a change in tension of a predetermined magnitude in said fishing line to cause said elongated member to rotate and further including a rotably mounted spring biased pin mounted to said second end, said pin being movable between a retracted position and a distended position with a second spring means for axially biasing said elongated member to said distended position, said pin having a chamfered termination with one portion being straight and the remaining of the termination being slanted, thereby cammingly moving said pin to said retracted position upon rotation by the pulling force of said first spring means causing a sudden pulling movement of said holder means from said second position to said first position.