Patent ID: 7313886

Claim:
A fishing rod securing device in combination with a fishing rod having at least one eyelet thereon, comprising: a fishing rod securing housing, said fishing rod securing housing being cylindrically shaped and having a central longitudinal axis, a first end for securing said fishing rod to a structure and a second end coupled to the fishing rod; said first end having two opposing structures that extend axially away from said first end of said housing, said two opposing structures provide a hooked portion on each opposing structure, a channel substantially concentric with the cylindrically shaped housing and extending between said two opposing structures, the channel terminating in an open end located both substantially concentric with the housing and between the two opposing structures, the hooked portions defining a passage extending through the housing transverse to the central longitudinal axis, said passage defining openings on opposing lateral sides of an exterior of the cylindrically shaped housing and through which the structure can be received; a biased element provided in a cavity of said housing and extending along the central longitudinal axis, said biased element both providing a force along and movable along the central longitudinal axis of the housing, said passage being located between said cavity of said housing and said channel, said cavity of said housing communicating with said passage in a direction parallel to said central longitudinal axis, said passage communicating with said channel in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis, and said biased element extending from said cavity of said housing into said passage but being prevented from extending into the channel and to the channel open end by said biased element abutting the hooked portions; wherein said biased element detachably clamps the structure against said passage when it extends through said passage; and whereby the structure can be passed through the open end of the channel, and thereafter, clamped while extending through said passage.