JP7464450B2 - Fishing platform - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a fishing platform that is carried when fishing, and more specifically, to a fishing platform that features fixing members (also called cross beams) for fixing various accessories such as rod holders and parasols.

Traditionally, when fishing for Japanese crucian carp, a fishing platform is set up near the water and people can sit on it for long periods of time while fishing. As disclosed in Non-Patent Document 1, a fishing platform usually has a plate-shaped seat and support legs at the four corners of the seat, and is constructed so that it can be folded up for easy portability.

As disclosed in Non-Patent Document 1, the fishing platform is configured so that various accessories can be attached, and it is known that a fixing member called a crossbar is detachably fixed to the end of the seat. The crossbar disclosed in Non-Patent Document 1 is configured in a rectangular column shape, and has a structure in which a tongue is attached to the same side of both ends. Such a crossbar can be fixed to the end of the seat as needed by fitting the tongue into a metal fitting provided on the end face of the seat. For example, a rod holder for holding a fishing rod or a parasol can be detachably fixed to the crossbar fixed to the end of the seat using a vice or the like (Note that in FIG. 1 showing an embodiment of the present invention, the fixed state of a conventional crossbar 50A with a tongue fitted into a metal fitting 100 provided on the lateral end face of the seat 2 is shown).

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Conventional cross bars have a structure where the tongue is inserted into and removed from the plug-in metal fittings, and as they are not completely fixed, there is a possibility that they may fall off. Also, if a parasol is attached as an accessory, strong winds can place a large load on the plug-in metal fittings, which can cause damage to the components.

The present invention was made with the above-mentioned problems in mind, and aims to provide a fishing platform that will not allow the crossbar installed on the seat to fall off, and will not damage components when the crossbar is attached.

To achieve the above-mentioned objective, the fishing platform of the present invention is characterized by having a plate-shaped seating portion, support legs attached to the four corners of the seating portion, and a holding member that can be attached to the support legs protruding from the seating portion when the support legs are attached to the seating portion and that holds the crossbar.

With the above-mentioned structure of the fishing platform, the crossbar is held by a holding member attached to the support leg that supports the seat, so its fixed state can be stabilized and it is prevented from falling off the seat. In addition, because the fixed state of the crossbar is stable, even if a large load is applied when a parasol or the like is fixed to it, the components such as the insert fittings will not break as in the past.

The above-mentioned holding members and cross bars may be components that are set together with the fishing platform, may be configured as accessories to the fishing platform, or may be purchased as separate parts after purchasing the fishing platform. The holding members may be fixed in position when attached to the support legs, but it is preferable that they are configured to be adjustable and fixed at any rotation angle around the support legs. Furthermore, the holding members may be ones that hold the cross bars in a fixed state, or ones that hold the cross bars movably.

According to the present invention, a fishing stand can be obtained in which the cross bar installed on the seating portion will not fall off and the components will not be damaged when the cross bar is attached.

1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a fishing stand according to the present invention. 2 shows the main part of the fishing stand shown in FIG. 1, where (a) is a cross-sectional view of a support leg to which a retaining member is attached, and (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line IIb-IIb in FIG. 13A shows a holding member holding a cross bar, where FIG. 13A is a perspective view, FIG. 13B is a perspective view seen from the opposite direction, and FIG. 4A is a plan view showing a state in which the holding member is attached to the support leg, and FIG. 4B is a plan view showing a state in which the holding member has been rotated. FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing an example of use of a fishing stand with a fishing rod holder fixed to a cross beam. 13 is a plan view showing how the position of the rod holder fixed to the cross bar is changed during use. FIG. FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing an example of using the fishing stand with a parasol fixed to the crossbeam. FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing an example of use in which multiple cross bars are attached to the support legs.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the fishing platform according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a fishing platform according to the present invention. The fishing platform 1 of this embodiment includes a seat 2 on which an angler or other seated person sits, and a number of support legs 4A-4D for supporting the seat 2 on an installation area (for example, the horizontal ground of a fishing spot or a sloping area near water). In this case, the seat 2 is formed in a plate shape and is preferably foldable (in the figure, it can be folded in two at the central folded part 2A and stacked), and can be handled in a compact form by folding it at the central folded part 2A and fixing it with a hook 101.

The support legs 4A to 4D are detachably attached to the four corners of the seat 2, and at least some of them may be configured to be extendable, for example, so that their length can be adjusted. The support legs (which may be any one of the support legs or all of the support legs) are configured so that their upper sides protrude a predetermined length from the surface 2a of the seat 2 when attached to the seat 2. In this case, the protruding length of the support legs from the surface 2a of the seat 2 may be sufficient as long as the holding member 10 that holds the cross bar 50 can be attached.
It is preferable that the fishing platform 1 can be easily carried by, for example, storing the support legs 4A to 4D in the seat 2. In addition, the number, cross-sectional shape, and length of the support legs attached to the seat are not limited, and furthermore, the shape of the seat 2 and the specific means and configuration for making it compact are not limited.

When fishing using such a fishing platform 1, the support legs 4A-4D are attached to the four corners of the seat 2, assembled, and placed at the water's edge, and the length of the support legs 4A-4D is adjusted to match, for example, the inclination of the water or the water's edge. Fishing can then be performed by sitting upright or cross-legged on the seat 2, or by straddling the seat 2. In this case, the support legs 4A and 4B provided at the front may be provided with steps (not shown) for supporting the angler's feet, which can be moved axially and fixed at any position, so that fishing can be performed while straddling the seat 2.

The support legs are fixed in a direction perpendicular to the surface 2a of the seating section 2, but the support legs 4A and 4B may be fixed to the seating section 2 in a V-shape when viewed from the front, that is, with the upper sides approaching each other (the upper sides approach each other by an angle α with respect to the perpendicular line) so that the user can sit stably. Similarly, the rear support legs 4C and 4D may be fixed to the seating section 2 in a V-shape.

A cross bar 50 can be installed on the front end side of the seating portion 2. This cross bar 50 is installed to fix a fishing rod holder with a vice or to fix various fishing equipment (accessories) such as a parasol, and can be made of wood, resin, etc. The cross bar 50 is formed in a square column shape so that the vice can be easily fixed, and cross bars of different lengths can be installed.
The following describes a configuration in which the cross bar 50 is disposed on the front end side of the seating portion 2 (along the front edge).

The cross bar 50 is held by a holding member 10 that is removably attached to the seating portion 2, and the holding member 10 is removably attached to the support legs attached to the seating portion 2. In FIG. 1, the holding member 10 is attached to the portion of the support leg 4A that protrudes from the surface of the seating portion out of the four support legs.

Figures 2 and 3 show examples of the configuration of the holding member and the crossbar held by the holding member, where Figure 2(a) is a cross-sectional view of a support leg to which the holding member is attached, Figure 2(b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line IIb-IIb in Figure (a), Figure 3(a) is a perspective view of the holding member holding the crossbar, Figure 3(b) is a perspective view from the opposite direction, and Figure 3(c) is an exploded perspective view.

The holding member 10 of this embodiment is configured to be rotatably attached around the support leg 4A. Specifically, the holding member 10 includes a pair of split halves 12, 13 that surround the outer periphery of the support leg 4A and move toward or away from each other by operating the operating member 11. Each split half has flat surfaces 12a, 13a that face each other, and approximately semicircular recesses 12b, 13b formed on each flat surface, and the recesses 12b, 13b have an inner surface that is in close contact with the outer periphery of the support leg 4A, which has a circular cross section.

The operating member 11 is inserted into the split halves 12 and 13 from the upper end of the support leg 4A, and the recesses 12b and 13b are aligned with the outer peripheral surface of the support leg 4A, and then tightened, so that the split halves 12 and 13 are brought close to each other and fixed to the support leg. The operating member 11 of this embodiment has a pair of bolts 11a that pass through the opposing split halves 12 and 13 so as to sandwich the support leg 4A, and a wing nut 11b that screws onto the bolt 11a. By tightening the wing nut 11b, the split halves 12 and 13 are brought close to each other and fixed to the support leg 4A, and by loosening the wing nut 11b, the split halves 12 and 13 are separated, allowing the installation angle of the operating member 11 to be changed, or the operating member 11 to be removed from the support leg 4A.

The holding member 10 (split halves 12, 13) has a holding portion that detachably holds the cross bar 50.
The retaining portion 15 in this embodiment is provided on one of the pair of split halves 12, 13 (in this embodiment, split halves 12), and comprises a plate-shaped protrusion 12A integrally formed so as to protrude from the surface of the split halves 12, a bolt 15a which is inserted through a washer 15c with one end side of the cross bar 50 in contact with this protrusion 12A, and a wing nut 15b which is screwed in from the exposed side of the protrusion 12A.

According to the holding part 15 having the above-mentioned configuration, the cross bar 50 can be fixed to the holding member 10 by tightening the wing nut 15b, and the cross bar 50 can be rotated to adjust the angle in the vertical direction or removed from the holding member 10 (replaced with another cross bar of a different length) by loosening the wing nut 15b. In this embodiment, as described above, the support legs 4A and 4B are inclined at an angle α with respect to the surface 2a of the seating part 2 so that the user can sit stably on the seating part 2. Therefore, by adjusting the vertical angle of the cross bar 50 held by the holding member 10 installed on the support leg 4A accordingly, the cross bar 50 can be fixed along the surface 2a of the seating part 2. In other words, the cross bar 50 can be installed without interfering with the surface 2a of the base part 2.

As shown in Figures 4(a) and (b), in the above-mentioned fishing platform 1, the split halves can be moved away from each other by operating the operating member 11, the position of the holding member 10 can be rotated around the support leg 4A, the cross bar 50 can be set at any position, and the split halves can be brought close to each other and fixed. As shown in Figure 5, the cross bar 50 is designed to be able to mount a rod holder 111 by a known vice 110, as in the conventional case, and a fishing rod (spatula rod) 200 can be placed on the rod holders 111a and 111b provided on the rod holder 111. In this case, if you want to shift the point where the bait is dropped left or right, as shown in FIG. 6, you can loosen the operating member 11 of the holding member 10 and rotate the crossbar 50 to the right (R) around the support leg 4A and fix it in the position indicated by 50R, or rotate it to the left (L) around the support leg 4A and fix it in the position indicated by 50L. This allows the rod holder 111, which is installed and fixed in front by the crossbar 50, to be fixed in the position indicated by 111R or 111L, as shown in the figure, and the fishing rod 200 can be set in a right-facing state (200R) or left-facing state (200L).

The above-mentioned holding member 10 can be attached to a support leg other than the support leg 4A, and other fishing equipment can be attached to the crossbar 50 in addition to the rod holder 111. Figures 7 and 8 show an example in which a similar holding member 10 is attached to the rear support leg 4C, and a known vice 140 with a handle 220a of a parasol 220, which is a fishing equipment, is fixed to the crossbar 50.

The crossbar 50 can be attached to any support leg and fixed at any position within a 360° range around the support leg, so that the fishing equipment fixed to the crossbar can be fixed in the optimal position, for example, even in a position protruding outward from the surface of the base part 2, so that fishing equipment such as a parasol can be fixed in a position that effectively blocks the sun. In addition, such a position can be easily changed by operating the operating member 11. Furthermore, since the crossbar 50 is held by the holding member 10 attached so as to surround the support leg, compared to the conventional method of fixing the crossbar by fitting a tongue piece into the insert fitting 100, the crossbar is prevented from falling off the seat and the fixed state of the crossbar 50 is stable, so that even if a large load is applied by wind or the like when the parasol 220 is fixed, the components such as the insert fitting will not be damaged or the crossbar will not fall off.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be modified in various ways.

The above-mentioned holding member 10 is composed of split halves 12, 13 that approach/separate by the operating member 11, but there is no particular limitation on the structure as long as it is fixed to the support leg and the cross bar can be installed and fixed on the seat. In addition, the holding member 10 of this embodiment is configured so that the cross bar 50 can be rotated around the support leg and fixed at any position, but the holding member 10 may be configured so that it can be fixed around the support leg at every certain rotation angle. For example, by forming a protrusion or groove along the axial direction at a certain angle along the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the support leg, and forming a groove or protrusion into which the protrusion or groove can fit on the inner peripheral surface of the holding member that is fitted into the support leg, the holding member can be fixed at a predetermined position around the support leg.

The cross bar 50 may be fixed to the holding member 10 or the holding portion 15 in advance. The holding portion 15 that holds the cross bar 50 is configured to be detachable with the bolts 15a and wing nuts 15b, but other configurations are also possible, for example, by forming a fitting recess in the holding member 10 and press-fitting the cross bar in a detachable manner, or by forming male and female screws in the holding member and the cross bar and screwing the cross bar into the holding member, making the cross bar 50 detachable from the holding member.

1: fishing platform 2: seating parts 4A to 4D: supporting legs 10: holding member 11: operating member 12, 13: split half body 15: holding part 50: cross beam

Claims (4)

A plate-shaped seating portion,
Support legs attached to the four corners of the seating portion;
A holding member that can be attached to the support legs protruding from the surface of the seat when the support legs are attached to the seat and that holds a crosspiece installed to fix various fishing equipment ;
having
the holding member includes a pair of split halves that surround an outer periphery of the support leg so as to be rotatably attached around the support leg and that move toward or away from each other by operating an operating member;
A fishing platform characterized in that one of the pair of halves is formed with a holding portion for removably holding the cross bar . The fishing platform according to claim 1, characterized in that the holding portion rotatably holds the end of the cross bar. A holding member that is rotatably fixed to support legs that support the seat of a fishing stand and are attached to the four corners of the seat so as to protrude from the surface of the seat, and has a holding part that holds a cross bar installed to fix various fishing equipment to the surface of the seat,
A holding member, characterized in that the holding portion rotatably holds the end of the cross bar. 4. The holding member according to claim 3, further comprising a pair of split halves surrounding the outer periphery of the support leg and adapted to move toward or away from each other by operating an operating member.