Supports – Staff type – Bracket
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-29
2001-07-03
King, Anita M. (Department: 3632)
Supports
Staff type
Bracket
C043S017000, C043S021200, C206S315110, C206S373000, C220S529000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06254055
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to fishing rod holders and more particularly pertains to a new fishing rod holder insert for holding fishing rods in a bucket, especially a five-gallon bucket.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of fishing rod holders is known in the prior art. More specifically, fishing rod holders heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,271,520; U.S. Pat. No. 3,751,845; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 328,775; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 372,125; U.S. Pat. No. 5,350,065; and U.S. Pat. No. 3,298,532.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new fishing rod holder insert. The inventive device includes spaced apart top and bottom plates with a plurality of elongate rods extending between the top and bottom plates to connect the top and bottom plates together. The top and bottom plates each have a plurality of spaced apart cutouts along the outer perimeter of the respective plate. Each of the cutouts of the top plate is associated with a cutout of the bottom plate. Each associated pair of cutouts of the top and bottom plates is aligned with one another.
In these respects, the fishing rod holder insert according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of holding fishing rods in a bucket, especially a five-gallon bucket.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of fishing rod holders now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new fishing rod holder insert construction wherein the same can be utilized for holding fishing rods in a bucket, especially a five-gallon bucket.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new fishing rod holder insert apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the fishing rod holders mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new fishing rod holder insert which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art fishing rod holders, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises spaced apart top and bottom plates with a plurality of elongate rods extending between the top and bottom plates to connect the top and bottom plates together. The top and bottom plates each have a plurality of spaced apart cutouts along the outer perimeter of the respective plate. Each of the cutouts of the top plate is associated with a cutout of the bottom plate. Each associated pair of cutouts of the top and bottom plates is aligned with one another.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new fishing rod holder insert apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the fishing rod holders mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new fishing rod holder insert which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art fishing rod holders, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new fishing rod holder insert which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new fishing rod holder insert which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new fishing rod holder insert which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such fishing rod holder insert economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new fishing rod holder insert which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new fishing rod holder insert for holding fishing rods in a bucket, especially a five-gallon bucket.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new fishing rod holder insert which includes spaced apart top and bottom plates with a plurality of elongate rods extending between the top and bottom plates to connect the top and bottom plates together. The top and bottom plates each have a plurality of spaced apart cutouts along the outer perimeter of the respective plate. Each of the cutouts of the top plate is associated with a cutout of the bottom plate. Each associated pair of cutouts of the top and bottom plates is aligned with one another.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new fishing rod holder insert that is especially designed for holding tip-ups and jig poles typically used in ice-fishing in an organized manner in a bucket.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new fishing rod holder insert that holds tip-ups and jig poles upright in a bucket so that they are held in position when ice-fishing. The fishing rod holder insert also helps prevent the lines of the tip-ups from becoming tangled with one another when ice-fishing These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be m
King Anita M.
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