Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Article held by receiver
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-25
2001-05-29
Vidovich, Gregory M. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Article held by receiver
C224S197000, C224S625000, C224S251000, C224S922000, C043S021200, C248S316200, C248S316700
Reexamination Certificate
active
06237821
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to fishing equipment and, more specifically, to a fishing rod holder harness comprising a harness member, body pad member and fishing rod holder member.
The harness member is comprised of a belt element and a bandoleer-like element each having buckle elements for adjusting the fit to the user.
The body pad member is comprised of a substantially planar element fabricated from durable material such as leather, plastic, rubber, canvas or metal and has a plurality of apertures for threading the belt element and bandoleer-like element therethrough. The body pad member also has a plurality of apertures for fastening the fishing rod holder thereto.
The fishing rod holder is comprised of a substantially U-shaped tube having apertures on each distal end whereby the fishing rod holder member can be securely fastened to the body pad member using appropriate fasteners. The U-shaped tube element has oppositely opposed apertures for positioning a compression locking member therethrough.
The compression-locking member has a shaft element having a pivotally attached L-shaped lever on one distal end and threads on the other. A spring is positioned between the oppositely opposed apertures of the U-shaped tube element before passing the shaft element therethrough. An appropriate fastener is attached to the end of the shaft element, thereby providing a method for increasing or decreasing the gap between the sides of the tube.
In operation the butt of the fishing rod is inserted into the top end of the tube element. The orifice of the tube being of sufficient size to seat the rod within the tube. The L-shaped lever is in the open position as determined by the larger side of the L-shaped lever being parallel with the shaft element whereby the spring element forces the tube sides into a spaced apart condition. To secure the fishing rod within the holder, the user pivots the L-shaped lever until the short leg is parallel to the shaft element.
It is easily seen that this method provides for single-handed use. Further the body pad can be worn on the right or left side having pivotal means for angularly securing the rod holder to the left or right side.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are other fishing rod holding devices designed for securing a fishing rod thereto. Typical of these is U.S. Pat. No. 3,282,482 issued to Scharsu on Nov. 1, 1966.
Another patent was issued to Pothetes on Apr. 26, 1988 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,739,914. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 5,232,137 was issued to Devine on Aug. 3, 1993 and still yet another was issued on Sep. 3, 1996 to Clifton Jr. as U.S. Pat. No. 5,551,610 and still yet another patent was issued to Bebb et al. on Nov. 12, 1996 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,573,167.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,282,482
Inventor: John A. Scharsu
Issued: Nov. 1, 1966
This United States patent discloses a harness taking the form of a pair of belts arranged to be worn by a fisherman to provide means for temporarily holding a fishing rod or the like. The device can be easily positioned on the person of the fisherman to provide a convenient, accessible device for temporarily holding a fishing rod. Further it is inexpensively formed of belting or the like and part of which harness may comprise the conventional belt used on the fisherman's trousers. Still further is the provision of a harness for holding a fishing rod which provides adjustable clamping means for engaging the fishing rod so that the clamping means may be varied relative to one another and relative to the harness as desired.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,739,914
Inventor: Nicholas L. Pothetes
Issued: Apr. 26, 1988
A U-shaped base member has vertical belt receiving slots arranged to support this member on the belt of a person. A jaw assembly is supported on the base member. The jaw assembly has jaws which cooperate to detachably support a fishing rod in the holder. The U-shaped base member is arranged to hold the fishing rod in spaced relation from the fisherman's body. The jaw assembly is supported on the base member by a pivot post, and associated with the pivot post are positioning recesses to provide a plurality of angular adjusted positions of the pole.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,232,137
Inventor: Mark E. Devine
Issued: Aug. 3, 1993
Apparatus for carrying a spray can including an elongated support element, a receptacle for receiving the end of the spray can having a spray valve element and flexible arms for releasably retaining the spray can in position. The receptacle and the flexible arms are releasably attached at predetermined locations on the elongated support element by flexible lock elements.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,551,610
Inventor: Norman E. Clifton, Jr.
Issued: Sep. 3, 1996
Holster for a truncheon, the holster being a unitary folded substantially sheet which is folded along a front portion having meeting edges along a rear portion, and a transverse screw-and-nut combination connecting the two folded portions of the sheet to provide an adjustment to the clamping action of the holster to the truncheon. An optional keeper strap with a quick-opening fastener, and a thumb engageable tab may be included to maintain the truncheon securely in the holster until the tab is pushed to open the holster. A pivotable belt loop member is attached to the holster and is adjustable to provide convenient positions for supporting the holster and truncheon in any position.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,573,167
Inventor: David Bebb et al.
Issued: Nov. 12, 1996
A method is disclosed for using a holder having first and second clips arranged with their mouths facing substantially the same direction. The first clip is provided with an inner surface which is shaped to hold a cylindrical article and a mouth which is normally open so as to allow the legs of this first clip to be urged apart from each other when such a cylindrical article is pressed against it. The holster is mounted at a designated location on the user's body by attaching the second clip to a piece of material worn by the user, with the mouth of the first clip facing generally downwardly. A substantially cylindrical article is inserted into the first clip by placing the article against the mouth of this clip and lifting the article upwardly into contact with its inner surface, with the axis of the first clip's inner surface in a generally horizontal orientation. Preferably, the insertion of the article is performed by balancing it in one of the user's hands, placing the thumb of that hand on an upwardly facing surface of the holder and lifting the article into the first clip by pulling the article and thumb toward each other.
While these fishing rod holders may be suitable for the purposes for which they were designed, they would not be as suitable for the purposes of the present invention, as hereinafter described.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
The present invention discloses a fishing rod holder harness comprising a harness member with straps, a body pad member, and a fishing rod holder member. The harness member is comprised of a waist strap a bandoleer-like shoulder strap, each having buckle elements for adjusting the fit to the user. The body pad member is comprised of a substantially planar element having a plurality of apertures for threading the straps therethrough. The body pad member also has a plurality of apertures for fastening the fishing rod holder thereto. The fishing rod holder is comprised of a substantially U-shaped tube-like element having apertures whereby the fishing rod holder member can be securely fastened to the body pad member using appropriate fasteners. The U-shaped tube-like element also has oppositely opposed apertures for positioning a compression locking member therethrough. The compression-locking member has a shaft element having a pivotally attached L-shaped lever on one distal end and threads on the other. A spring is positioned between the oppositely opposed apertures of the U-shaped tube-like element for passing the shaft element therethrough. An appropriate fastener is attached to the en
Kroll Michael I
Vidovich Gregory M.
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