Patent ID: 8499990

Claim:
A landing net holster for anglers comprising: (a) base means; (b) landing net retention means coupled to the base means; (c) said landing net retention means including sleeve means for receiving and holding the handle of the landing net; (d) said landing net sleeve means is an open-ended elongated tube portion comprised of an webbing member coupled to the base means at one end and releasably coupled to the base means at it's opposite end where the webbing member is formed into the open-ended elongated tube portion creating the sleeve means; (e) said landing net sleeve means including a means of adjusting the circumference of the sleeve means allowing the sleeve means to receive and secure landing nets of different sizes and or shapes; (f) said landing net holster including a means that orientates the landing net in a substantially vertical position during operating conditions comprising the base means coupled to said sleeve means where said sleeve means is orientated perpendicular to a person belt, holding a landing net vertically when in use; (g) said base means comprises of an approximately rectangular or square piece of flat, rigid or semi rigid material(s) forming a base plate where said base plate comprises vertical belt cutouts on both outer ends of the base plate where in a persons belt or a strap is threaded through the two vertical cutouts to secure the holster to the person or their gear; (h) said base plate is further formed with two vertical cutouts positioned one each side of the lateral center line of the base plate and inward of the two vertical belt cutouts, which allows said sleeve means to be threaded through the two vertical cutouts supporting and stabilizing the sleeve means.