Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Rod
Reexamination Certificate
1999-02-04
2001-04-03
Ark, Darren W. (Department: 3643)
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Rod
C441S112000, C224S922000, C224S251000, C224S200000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06209253
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 clothing mounted fishing rod holder for supporting a fishing rod on a user at a selected angle.
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. 4,802,612; U.S. Pat. No. 507,481; U.S. Pat. No. 4,817,323; U.S. Pat. No. 4,081,115; U.S. Pat. No. 2,995,855; and International applications WO 95/27393 and WO 85/02091.
In these respects, the clothing mounted fishing rod holder 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 supporting a fishing rod on a user at a selected angle.
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 clothing mounted fishing rod holder construction wherein the same can be utilized for supporting a fishing rod on a user at a selected angle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new clothing mounted fishing rod holder 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 clothing mounted fishing rod holder 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 a floatation vest constructed from a buoyant material. As shown in
FIG. 1
, the floatation vest includes a tubular side wall with an open bottom, an open top, and a pair of shoulder portions mounted on the open top. A vertical is slit formed in the vest between the open top and the open bottom for allowing the vest to be removably worn. For reasons that will soon become apparent, the floatation vest further includes two columns of linearly aligned, equally spaced male snap fasteners which flank the vertical slit along an entire length between the open top and the open bottom of the vest. Also included is a mounting housing having a planar rectangular rear wall, a planar rectangular bottom wall coupled to a bottom edge of the rear wall and extending forwardly therefrom in perpendicular relationship therewith. Integrally coupled between side edges of the rear wall and the bottom wall are a pair of semicircular side walls for defining an interior space and an opening. A first one of the side walls has a smooth aperture and a second one of the side walls has a threaded aperture. For positioning the mounting housing at a selected orientation on the male fasteners of the flotation vest, the rear wall ahs a plurality of laterally spaced female snap fasteners. As shown in
FIGS. 8-9
, a locking bolt includes a post with a first end having a handle disk mounted thereon with an undulating periphery. A second end of the post is equipped with a plurality of threads formed therein. The post of the locking bolt is rotatably positioned within the smooth aperture and threadedly engaged with the threaded aperture. As such, rotation of the handle disk urges the side walls of the mounting housing together. Next provided is an arm including an inboard extent defined by a cylindrical sleeve with a length equal to a width of the housing. The sleeve is equipped with a central bore rotatably mounted on the locking bolt. An outboard extent of the arm has an inboard end fixedly coupled to a periphery of the sleeve of the inboard extent. The outboard extent extends beyond the side walls of the mounting housing during use. It should be noted that the outboard extent of the arm has a square cross-section along an entire length thereof to define a hollow interior. Further, an outboard end has a bore formed therein. As shown in
FIG. 10
, a tube is mounted to the outboard end of the outboard extent of the arm. Such tube resides within the outboard extent in coaxial relationship therewith. A pair of diametrically opposed holes are formed in the tube. A pair of L-shaped slots are each formed on top and bottom faces of the outboard extent of the arm. In use, the outboard extent of the arm may be selectively angled about a horizontal axis and locked in place by way of the locking bolt. Finally, a clamping assembly is provided including a V-shaped clip defined by a pair of linear members resiliently coupled at inboard ends thereof inside the outboard extent of the arm. Outboard ends of the linear members have inwardly extending knurled perpendicular tabs which are extendable within the diametrically opposed holes formed in the tube. A pair of coil springs are each positioned between one of the linear members and the tube for urging the perpendicular tabs out of the tube.
FIG. 10
depicts a bar having a pair of ends each with an annular recess formed therein for being slidably received within the L-shaped slots of the outboard extent of the arm. A central extent of the bar serves for engaging the linear members and biasing them together upon sliding the bar outwardly along a longitudinal portion of each L-shaped slot. By this structure, a handle of a fishing rod may be positioned within the tube and clamped in a secure manner. To lock the perpendicular tabs of the linear members in engagement with the handle, the bar must be slid to an end of the longitudinal portion of each L-shaped slot and further slid within a lateral portion of each L-shaped slot.
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 clothing mounted fishin
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