Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Article held by receiver
Patent
1998-08-12
2000-10-10
Cronin, Stephen K.
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Article held by receiver
224251, 224271, 224922, 43 212, A01K 9704
Patent
active
061292516
ABSTRACT:
A retainer system for a rod and a mounting device for storing the rod utilizing the retainer system are provided. The retainer system has a retainer portion or rest for receiving the rod and a rod engagement means for closely mounting on a rod. The rod engagement means has a hook shaped structure at one end. The retainer portion has a retainer back which includes a material engagement means and a support. The material engagement means in one embodiment is clip-like and is used to clasp material such as a belt or a waist band, thereby attaching the retainer portion to a person wishing to transport a rod or fish using a rod. The support is bowl-like and has a lip. Preferably the lip is configured so as to firmly engage the hook shaped structure of the rod engagement means when the hook shaped structure is mounted thereon. The retainer back is resilient and semi-flexible. It can be compressed and thus snapped into an aperture in a mounting device or the material engagement means can be used to engage the mounting device. The mounting device is hung from a flat surface with the retainer system used to couple, for example, fly fishing rods to the mounting device for storage purposes. When a person wants to take a rod fishing, the retainer system and attached rod are snapped out of the mounting device and attached to the fisherman at, for example, a waist band. The rod balances at the hip region of the fisherman freeing hands for transporting other equipment. When the fisherman is ready to cast, the rod engagement means at the hook shaped structure is snapped off the support at the bowl lip. When the fisherman wants to continue fishing, while having one hand free, the hook shaped structure is again snapped onto the lip of the bowl of the retainer portion. Attached in this manner, the rod can be freely maneuvered along the edge of the bowl mouth with one hand, freeing the second hand for other tasks.
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Cronin Stephen K.
Day Sharon L.
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