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Fishing rod holder attachable to a dock

  • US 8,327,575 B1
  • Filed: 10/28/2010
  • Issued: 12/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A fishing rod holder device comprising:

  • (a) a mounting base having a top surface and a bottom surface;

    (b) a pole holding tube extending upwardly from the top surface of the mounting base, the pole holding tube is positioned at an angle with respect to the top surface of the mounting base;

    (c) a drainage hole disposed in the mounting base below the pole holding tube and a channel aperture disposed in the mounting base, both the drainage hole and the channel aperture extend from the top surface of the mounting base to the bottom surface of the mounting base; and

    (d) a locking means for securing the mounting base to a dock, said locking means comprising;

    (i) a locking means base extending upwardly from the top surface of the mounting base, the locking means base has a first end and a second end, wherein a first center channel is disposed in the locking means base extending from the first end to the second end of the locking means base, the first center channel is aligned with the channel aperture disposed in the mounting base;

    (ii) a sliding tube slidably and telescopically received in the first center channel of the locking means base, a first end of the sliding tube extends above the first end of the locking means base and a second end of the sliding tube is housed within the first center channel of the locking means base, wherein a second center channel is disposed in the sliding tube extending from the first end to the second end of the sliding tube;

    (iii) a spring housed in the first center channel, the spring is sandwiched between the second end of the sliding tube and the top surface of the mounting base, the spring biases the sliding tube upwardly;

    (iv) a shaft extending through the second center channel of the sliding tube, the first center channel of the locking means base, and the channel aperture in the mounting base, wherein threading is disposed on at least a portion of the shaft at or near a first end of the shaft, the shaft can be rotated in a first direction or a second direction;

    (v) first T-bar disposed on the first end of the shaft and a second T-bar disposed on a second end of the shaft, the first T-bar is positioned above the first end of the sliding tube and the second T-bar is positioned below the bottom surface of the mounting base; and

    (vi) a wing nut disposed on the threading on the shaft in between the first end of the sliding tube and the first T-bar, the wing nut can move in a first direction and a second direction on the threading wherein when the wing nut is moved in the first direction on the threading the wing nut moves toward the second T-bar effectively pushing down on the sliding tube, compressing the spring, and moving the shaft upwardly effectively raising the second T-bar toward the bottom surface of the mounting base, when the wing nut is moved in the second direction on the threading, the wing nut moves toward the first T-bar.

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