Special receptacle or package – For a sport implement – exercise device – or game – For hunting or fishing equipment
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-22
2001-09-04
Sewell, Paul T. (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
For a sport implement, exercise device, or game
For hunting or fishing equipment
C206S373000, C206S523000, C043S054100, C220S524000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06283288
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to fishing tackle and rod boxes and more particularly pertains to a new fishing pole and tackle case for storing and transporting fishing rods and fishing tackle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of fishing tackle and rod boxes is known in the prior art. More specifically, fishing tackle and rod boxes 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. 3,348,329; U.S. Pat. No. 5,547,.079; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 318,371; U.S. Pat. No. 5,319,874; U.S. Pat. No. 3,802,113; and U.S. Pat. No. 2,097,185.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new fishing pole and tackle case. The inventive device includes a rod case adapted for protecting the fishing rod therein. An upper periphery wall extends downward from a peripheral edge of the top surface such that an inner surface of the upper periphery wall defines an interior space of the rod case. A plurality of rod securing means are coupled to an interior face of the rod case. The rod securing means are adapted for securing the rod to the rod case. A tackle container is adapted for holding the fishing tackle therein. The tackle container has a bottom wall and a lower peripheral wall. The lower peripheral wall extends upward from a periphery of the bottom wall. The bottom wall and the lower peripheral wall are for defining a storage space of the tackle container. A plurality of clasping means are for securing the rod case to the tackle container. The rod case is hingably coupled to a rear wall of the lower peripheral wall of the tackle container. A tackle container cover is rotatably coupled to an interior surface of the rear wall of the lower peripheral wall. The tackle container cover is adapted for keeping the fishing tackle within the tackle container.
In these respects, the fishing pole and tackle case 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 storing and transporting fishing rods and fishing tackle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of fishing tackle and rod boxes now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new fishing pole and tackle case construction wherein the same can be utilized for storing and transporting fishing rods and fishing tackle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new fishing pole and tackle case apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the fishing tackle and rod boxes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new fishing pole and tackle case which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art fishing tackle and rod boxes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a rod case adapted for protecting the fishing rod therein. An upper periphery wall extends downward from a peripheral edge of the top surface such that an inner surface of the upper periphery wall defines an interior space of the rod case. A plurality of rod securing means are coupled to an interior face of the rod case. The rod securing means are adapted for securing the rod to the rod case. A tackle container is adapted for holding the fishing tackle therein. The tackle container has a bottom wall and a lower peripheral wall. The lower peripheral wall extends upward from a periphery of the bottom wall. The bottom wall and the lower peripheral wall are for defining a storage space of the tackle container. A plurality of clasping means are for securing the rod case to the tackle container. The rod case is hingably coupled to a rear wall of the lower peripheral wall of the tackle container. A tackle container cover is rotatably coupled to an interior surface of the rear wall of the lower peripheral wall. The tackle container cover is adapted for keeping the fishing tackle within the tackle container.
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 pole and tackle case apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the fishing tackle and rod boxes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new fishing pole and tackle case which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art fishing tackle and rod boxes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new fishing pole and tackle case which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new fishing pole and tackle case which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new fishing pole and tackle case 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 pole and tackle case economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new fishing pole and tackle case 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 pole and tackle case for storing and transporting fishing rods and fishing tackle.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new fishing pole and tackle case w
Luong Shian
Sewell Paul T.
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