US965826A - Fishing-rod support. - Google Patents

Description

I T. M. LYNCH.

I FISHING ROD SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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FISHING-ROD SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patnted July 26, 1910.

Application filed January 30, 1909. Serial 110,475,178.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. Lrncn, a citizen of the United States, residlng at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful 1m provements in Fishing-Rod Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains .to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fishing-rod supports or holders.

It has for its object 'to provide for a de- Vice of this nature which is very simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and Which may be used in a boat or on shore with equal success.

Another object is topermit the changing of the angle at which the rod is held in the support withoutaltering the position of the support itself.

Another object is to avoid danger of the rod becoming disengaged from the holder in case said rod is moved therein accidentally.

, Another object is to provide for holding the rod in a nearly upright position for baiting the line.

Further objectswill become apparent. from the following description.

The invention consists broadly of a support comprising a standard adapted to be secured to the gunwale, seat orother part of a boat or to a fixture on shore, a V-shaped fork at the upper end of said standard, substantially horizontal port-ions extending substantially parallel to each other from the ends of said fork, and an inverted V-shaped fork connecting the other extremities of said horizontal portions.

The invention also consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described a'hd specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiments of my invention: Figure 1 is a perspective. view of the support. Fig. 2 is a side view showing it attached to the gunwale of a boat and a fishing-rod arranged in said support, a second position of the rod being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a side view of the;support mounted on a block anchored to the ground, a fishing-rod being shown in the holder with its bottom end arranged in a socket in said block, so that said rod is supported substantially vertically as when it is desired to bait the line. Figs. 4 and 5 are detailed views of the, anchoring pin and block respectively, and Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the support showing the tubular coverings of the forks in section and the lower end of the prong of the lower. fork spaced away from the stand ard for the purpose hereinafter explained.

- Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 designates the standard which is preferably screw-threaded at its lower end, as at 2, for connection with a fixture.

3 and 4 designate the prongs of the V- shaped fork, 5 and 6, the horizontal portions and 7 and 8, the prongs of the inverted V-shaped fork. The latter fork is prefer ably arranged in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of the first mentioned fork. The end of the prong 4 of the V- shaped fork is spaced away from the upper end of the standard, as at 9, to permit the tubular coverings 10 to be slipped on and removed when worn. As shown, each of the prongs of both forks is covered by one of these tubes preferably made of rubber to prgvent chafing of the handle of the fishing ro p The support or holder is preferably made of a single bent metal rod. A sufficient length of the rod is left straight at one end to constitute the standard. It is then bent laterally at an oblique angle to form the prong 3 of the lower fork, thence bent rearwardly to form the horizontal portion 5,

thence bent laterally upwardly and then downwardly to form the prongs of the upper fork, thence bent forward forming the horizontal portion 6, and finally bent laterally and downwardly to form the prong 4 of the lower fork.

In Figs. 3, 4 and 5, I'have illustrated how the support may be used on shore. Said holder is attached to a block 11 by having its standard screwed into an opening 12 in the upper surface near one end of the block.

Said block'is also provided with a socket 13 into which the butt end of the handle of the fishing-rod is adapted to fit, as hereinbeforev explained. The block may be anchored to the ground in any suitable manner. I have shown one way of doing this which consists of a pin 14; screwed into the end of the block and extending down a sufiicient distance into the ground. The pin is preferably bent, as shown, being secured to the end of the block .said forks and horizontal formed by suitably bending and having a horizontal portion 14* extending in line with the longitudinal axis of sa d block whereby the tendency of the fishmg rod to turn the block over endwise and pull the pin out of the ground is reduced by reason of thelever arm, of which the horizontal portion of the pin is a part, belng lengthened thereby.

It will be noted that by reason of the construction which I employ, the rod. may be adjusted at different angles, the angle when the extreme tapered end' of the handle is engaged with the holder being different from that when the enlarged middle portion of said handle is arranged in the support. It will also be seen that the horizontal portions prevent the rod from being jarred or otherwise inadvertently displaced from the holder. As the support is made of a single piece of bent met-a1 rod, it can be very quickly formed into shape andmanufactured very cheaply.

The holder may be turned at will by reason of the screw connection of its standard with a part-of a boat or wit-h the block 11 so that it will extend in any desired direction.

When the support is attached to block and end of said rod back adjacent thereto where it forms one prong of the upright fork.

2. A fishing-rod support made of a single metal rod comprising a standard, an upright fork at the upper end of said standard,

and adapted to be put on and taken off at said endof the rod by reason of it being spaced away from the standard.

3. The combination, with a block having a socket therein, and means to anchor said block to the ground, of a fishing-rod sup )ort comprising a standard secured to said b ock, a fork at the upper end of said standard, horizontal portions extending substantially parallel to each other from the ends of said fork toward the socket in said block, and an inverted fork connecting the other extremities of said horizontal portions, whereby a fishing-rod may be arranged substantially vertically in said sup ort with its butt-end in the socket in the b ock.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS M. LYNCH.

Witnesses ERNEST P. HUTCHINSON,

M. H. YATES.

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