WO2004030449A1

WO2004030449A1 - The supporter of fishing rod

Info

Publication number: WO2004030449A1
Application number: PCT/KR2003/002020
Authority: WO
Inventors: Hwa-Suk Song
Original assignee: Hwa-Suk Song
Priority date: 2002-10-02
Filing date: 2003-10-01
Publication date: 2004-04-15
Also published as: AU2003265109A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a supporter for a fishing rod by which it is possible to concurrently support a plurality of fishing rod. The supporter for a fishing rod according to the present invention includes a leg member which includes a plurality of legs of which the heights are adjustable, and of which the lower ends are fixed on the ground, and a leg support member to which the other ends of the legs are rotatably engaged, a horizontal bar which is assembled to an upper side surface of the leg support member, a plurality of assistant supporting members which are horizontally rotatable in an upper side portion of the horizontal bar, and a supporting member which is upwardly and downwardly rotatable on an upper portion of the assistant supporting member upwardly and downwardly and includes a fishing rod fixture at both ends for fixing the fishing rod.

Description

THE SUPPORTER OF FISHING ROD

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a supporter for a fishing rod capable of supporting a plurality of fishing rods, and in particular to a supporter for a fishing rod which is capable of concurrently supporting a plurality of fishing rods, adjusting the heights of legs fixed to the ground, stably fixing the legs which are widened in the forward and rearward directions, freely adjusting the directions of the fishing rods in the upward, downward, rightward and leftward directions and easily carrying the supporter by folding the legs.

Background Art

Generally, a fishing is classified into a sea fishing and a fresh water fishing. The fishing rod is classified into a common fishing rod and reel based on the kinds of fishing. The kinds and length of the fishing rods are changed based a fishing point, fish types, and angler's preference. A plurality of fishing rods may be concurrently used.

However, the common rod or reel rod uses one supporter set for one fishing rod.

In the case of the common rod, the front and rear supporters supporting the fishing rod are installed on the ground. The common rod is supported on the front and rear supporters. In the case of the reel fishing rod, one supporter is installed on the ground, and the fishing rod is supported thereon.

One or two supporters are used for one fishing rod. As the number of the fishing rods is increased, the number of the supports is increased. Therefore, the weight of a fishing bag is increased, so that it is not easy to carry the fishing bag. In order to overcome the above problems, the Korean Utility model application

No. 20-174195 discloses a supporter for a fishing rod. A fixture in which a fishing rod is inserted and fixed, is provided based on an assembling type, so that a plurality of fishing rods are supported at the same time.

However, the above described fishing rod supporter is callable of supporting a plurality of fishing rods at one time, but the hole size of the fixture of the fishing rod is uniform. Therefore, in the case that the sizes of the fishing rods are different, it is not easy to use the above conventional supporter for a fishing rod. In addition, since it is possible to adjust the height of the fishing rod only in the upward and downward directions, all fishing rods should be same in the left and right directions.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a supporter for a fishing rod which is capable of capable of concurrently supporting a plurality of fishing rods, adjusting the heights of legs fixed to the ground, stably fixing the legs which are widened in the forward and rearward directions, freely adjusting the directions of the fishing rods in the upward, downward, rightward and leftward directions and easily carrying the supporter by folding the legs.

To achieve the above object, there is provided a supporter for a fishing rod which includes a leg member which includes a plurality of legs of which the heights are adjustable, and of which the lower ends are fixed on the ground, and a leg support member to which the other ends of the legs are rotatably engaged, a horizontal bar which is assembled to an upper side surface of the leg support member, a plurality of assistant supporting members which are horizontally rotatable in an upper side portion of the horizontal bar, and a supporting member which is upwardly and downwardly rotatable on an upper portion of the assistant supporting member upwardly and downwardly and includes a fishing rod fixture at both ends for fixing the fishing rod.

At this time, a downward bent piece is formed in the left and right sides of the supporting member and is engaged with an upward bent piece of the assistant supporting member, and an upward bent piece having a semi-circular accommodating groove on which the fishing rod is placed, is formed in the front and rear portions, and the fishing rod fixture adapted to fix the fishing rod passes through the front and rear upwardly bent pieces.

In addition, there is further provided a supporting angle adjusting unit in an upper portion of the horizontal bar corresponding to the assistant supporting member for adjusting the height of the supporting member. The supporting angle adjusting unit includes an adjusting nut passing through the horizontal bar, and a fixing nut which is thread-engaged with the adjusting bolt in the upper and lower portions of the horizontal bar.

In addition, the assistant supporting member and the horizontal bar are engaged by the fixing bolt and adjusting nut, respectively. The fishing rod fixture installed in one end of the supporting member includes a semicircular upper supporter surrounding the fishing rod in a rear side, a straight lie shaped lower supporter on which the fishing rod is placed on the upper portion of the same in a front side, and the upper and lower supporters are integral, and the lower supporter is fixedly supported to the supporting member by an elastic member.

There are further provided front and rear legs which are sequentially engaged to the fixing member installed at both side ends of the horizontal bar by a foldable engaging member and which are rotatably fixed in the front and rear sides, respectively, front and rear leg fixing unit for fixing the rotation positions of the front and rear legs, , and a folding unit for folding the front and rear legs right below the horizontal bar.

Here, the front leg fixing unit includes a plurality of position fixing grooves which are formed in a circumferential shape in the fixing member installed at an end portion of the horizontal bar, and a front leg fixture which is engaged to the connection member engaged to the upper portion of the front leg using an engaging member together with an elastic member and which has a fixing member which is attached or escaped from the position fixing groove when a user pulls or pushes a handle plate formed in one side of the same.

In addition, the rear leg fixing unit includes a plurality of position fixing grooves which are formed in a circumferential shape in the fixing member installed at an end portion of the horizontal bar, and a rear leg fixture which is engaged to an upper portion of the rear leg using an engaging member together with an elastic member and which has a fixing member which is attached or escaped from the position fixing groove when a user pulls or pushes a handle plate formed in one side of the same.

. The leg folding unit includes a fixing member which is rotatable at 90° and installed at both side ends of the horizontal bar, a folding engaging member which sequentially passes through the through holes of the front and rear legs and are engaged with the folding engaging hole of the fixing member, and a fixture which is thread- engaged with the folding engaging member which passed through the folding engaging hole and has a screw hole installed in the horizontal bar in order for the front and rear legs to be vertically installed on the ground.

A through hole having an operation range that an end portion of the folding engaging member and the horizontal bar contact with each other, is formed in the horizontal bar for thereby preventing an end portion of the folding engaging member protruded from the fixing member from contacting with the horizontal bar when the folding engaging member is disengaged from the screw hole of the fixture, and the front and rear legs are folded right below the horizontal bar.

There are further provided a bent piece which is downwardly bent from the front and rear sides of the lower surface of the supporting member for adjusting a supporting angle of the fishing rod supported by the supporting member, a fixing screw shaft which passes through the bent piece and is engaged by a fixing nut, a connection member which is thread-engaged with the fixing screw shaft which passes through the bent piece formed in a front portion of the supporting member, a bent assistant piece which us upwardly bent from the assistant supporting member having an upward bent piece formed in a portion corresponding to the downward bent piece of the supporting member, and a link having first, second and third center shafts for connecting the connection member and the bent assistant piece.

There are further provided a movable member which is installed on an upper surface of the supporting member by a fixture engaged to the fixing hole of the supporting member in such a manner that the installation size that the fishing rod is placed on the supporting member is adjusted based on the size of the fishing rod fixed by the supporting member and which includes a guide plate for supporting a lateral side of the fishing rod and a longitudinal hole formed in a lateral direction that the fixture is inserted, an adjusting screw shaft which has one end fixed to one side portion of the movable member and which has threads, an adjusting member which is thread-engaged with the adjusting screw shaft and is rotated by a user, a fixing member which is fixedly installed between the adjusting member and the movable member and tlirough which the adjusting screw shaft passes, and an elastic member which is installed between the fixing member and the movable member for providing an elastic force.

At this time, there is further provided a circular elastic member which has one side engaged to the lateral side plate of the supporting member, and the other side is engaged to the fixture of the fishing rod for thereby providing an elastic force.

In addition, there are further provided an upper sliding prevention member which is engaged to an upper supporter of the fishing rod fixture so that the fishing rod is more stable supported by the fishing rod fixture, and a lower sliding prevention member engaged to the lower supporter.

Brief Description of Drawings

The present invention will become better understood with reference to the accompanying drawings which are given only by way of illustration and thus are not limitative of the present invention, wherein;

Figure 1 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a supporter for a fishing rod according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a fishing rod supporting member and an assistant supporting member installed on a horizontal supporting member according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figures 3 A through 3C are cross sectional views illustrating an operation state of a supporting angle adjusting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figures 4A and 4B are views illustrating a moving state when a supporting member is rotated and used according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figures 5A and 5B are views illustrating the states of uses of a supporting member according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a view illustrating a state that a fishing rod is supported according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 7 is a perspective view illustrating a supporter for a fishing rod according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 8 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating the construction of legs according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Figures 9A and 9B are enlarged views illustrating a state that front and rear legs are widened according to another embodiment of the present invention; Figures 10A and 10B are enlarged views illustrating a fixing operation of a front leg according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Figures 11A and 1 IB are enlarged views illustrating a fixing operation of a rear leg according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Figures 12A and 12B are views illustrating an operation that a leg unit is folded according to another embodiment of the present invention; Figure 13 is a disassembled view illustrating the construction that a supporting angle of a supporting member is adjusted according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Figures 14A through 14C are views illustrating an operation that a supporting angle of a supporting member is adjusted according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 15 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating the construction that an installation size of a supporting member is adjusted according to another embodiment of the present invention; Figures 16A and 16B are views illustrating an operation that an installation size of a supporting member is adjusted according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 17 is a perspective view illustrating a supporter for a fishing rod according to further another embodiment of the present invention; Figure 18 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a leg unit according to further another embodiment of the present invention;

Figures 19A through 19C are views illustrating an operation that a leg unit is folded according to further another embodiment of the present invention;

Figures 20A and 20B are plan views illustrating a state that a leg unit is folded according to further another embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 21 is a perspective view illustrating the construction that a sliding prevention member is provided in a fishing rod supporting member according to the present invention.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a supporter for a fishing rod according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 2 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a fishing rod supporting member and an assistant supporting member installed on a horizontal supporting member according to an embodiment of the present invention. The supporter for a fishing rod according to the present invention includes a leg member 1, a fishing rod supporting member G, an assistant supporting member 30, a horizontal bar L, and a supporting angle adjusting unit 40.

A downwardly bent piece 12 is provided in the left and right sides of the supporting member 10. An upwardly bent piece 11 having a semi-circular shape accommodating groove 11a is formed in the front and rear sides of the same, so that the fishing rod is placed. The fishing rod fixture 20 which fixes the fishing rod passes through the upwardly bent piece 11 of the front and rear sides. At this time, the semi-circular upper supporter 21 surrounding the fixing rod fixture 20 is provided in the rear side, and the straight shaped lower supporter 22 on which the fishing rod is placed is provided in the front side. Here, the upper and lower supporters 21 and 22 are integral. The elastic member 23 having both ends engaged to one end of the lower supporter 22 and the upwardly bent piece 11 of the front side is engaged, and the fishing rod fixture 20 is rotated by the elastic member 23. At this time, the elastic member 23 is preferably formed of a circular spring.

An assistant supporting member 30 is engaged to the lower portion of the supporting member 10. The lower center portion of the assistant supporting member 30 has a width smaller than the width of the horizontal bar 20 in an upper one side of the horizontal bar 20 and is engaged using a fixing bolt 32 and an adjusting nut 32a thus implementing a rotation in a horizontal direction.

Therefore, when the fixing bolt 32 and the adjusting nut 32a are loosened and rotated in a desired direction, and the fixing bolt 32 and the adjusting nut 32a are tightened, it is possible to adjust the direction of the assistant supporting member 30. Therefore, the direction of the supporting member 10 engaged to the upper portion of the assistant supporting member 30 is adjusted, so that it is possible to adjust the direction of the fishing rod supported on the supporting member 10. An upwardly bent piece 31 is formed in a lateral side of the assistant supporting member 30 and is engaged by the downwardly bent piece 12 of the supporting member 10 and the engaging member 31a. At this time, the engaging member 31a is preferably engaged at a portion slanted in the rear direction, not in the center direction of the supporting member 10. Since the supporting angle adjusting unit 40 is installed min the front lower portion of the supporting member 10, so that it is possible to easily implement an operation that the supporting member 10 is tilted in the front and rear directions.

The supporting angle adjusting unit 40 includes an adjusting bolt 41 which passes through the horizontal bar L, and adjusting nuts 42 and 43 which are engaged with the adjusting bolt 41, respectively, in the upper and lower portions of the horizontal bar L.

The leg member 2 installed in a center lower portion of the horizontal bar L includes a plurality of legs la of which the heights are adjustable, and a leg supporting member 3 by which the legs 1 a are rotatably supported. A sharp tip portion 2 is formed in the lower portion of each leg la fixed to the bottom or other structure, so that the legs are not easily moved.

In addition, the upper side of the leg la is tillable in the upward and downward directions of the leg supporting member 3, so that the legs have a horizontal state by operating the legs la even in the sloped region. The leg member 1 is capable of smoothly adjusting its height by extending or contracting the leg la like a rod antenna. The leg supporting member 3 is assembled to the center of the horizontal bar L using an engaging screw 4. At this time, when a large number of fishing rods are intended to be used, the fishing rod supporter having the same number of the fixing rod supporting member G as the number of the fishing rods or having a certain number more than the number of the fishing rods.

Figures 3A through 3C are cross sectional views illustrating an operation state of a supporting angle adjusting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown therein, a supporting angle adjusting unit 40 capable of adjusting the height of the supporting member 10 and tilting the same forwardly or backwardly is installed in the horizontal bar L in front of the assistant supporting member 30.

Loosening or tightening the adjusting nuts 42 and 43 provided in the upper and lower portions of the horizontal bar L, it is possible to adjust the height of the adjusting bolt 41 which is upwardly protruded from the horizontal bar L. The front lower portion of the supporting member 10 which is tiltable in the forward and backward directions is supported by the adjusting bolt 41, so that the height of the supporting member 10 is naturally adjusted.

At this time, when the fishing rod is supported on the supporting member 10, the supporting member 10 is intended to be tilted forwardly with respect to the center of the engaging member 31a by the weight of the fishing rod. The front lower portion of the supporting member 10 and the upper portion of the adjusting bolt 41 maintain a contacted state, so that it is possible to fix the supporting member 10 in a forwardly tilted state or a backwardly tilted state.

Figures 4A and 4B are views illustrating a moving state when a supporting member is rotated and used according to an embodiment of the present invention. In a state that the leg member 1 is installed on the bottom, in order to change the directions that each fishing rod is supported, as shown in Figures 4A and 4B, the fixing bolt 32 and the adjusting nut 33 of the assistant supporting member 30 to which a corresponding supporting member 10 engaged to the horizontal bar L is engaged are loosened, and then the supporting member 10 is rotated in a desired direction. Thereafter, the fixing bolt 32 and the adjusting nut 33 are fully tightened and fixed.

In addition, in order to change the directions of the fishing rods placed on the supporting member 10, the engaging screw 4 engaging the leg supporting member 3 and the horizontal bar L is loosened, and the horizontal bar L is rotated, and the engaging screw 4 is tightened and fixed. Figures 5 A and 5B are views illustrating the states of uses of a supporting member according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 6 is a view illustrating a state that a fishing rod is supported according to an embodiment of the present invention. When the fishing rod N is placed on the accommodating groove 11a of the supporting member 10, a part of the lower portion of the fishing rod N is placed on the lower supporter 22 of the fixture 20, and the fishing rod N is placed in the accommodating grove 11a.

As shown in Figure 5A, when the fishing rod N is placed in the accommodating groove 11a, the fishing rod fixture 20 is downwardly rotated. As shown in Figure 5B, a part of the upper portion of the fishing rod N pressed the upper supporter 21 of the fishing rod fixture 20, so that the fishing rod N is fixed.

Namely, since the upper and lower supporters 21 and 22 of the fishing rod fixture 20 are integrally formed, when the lower supporter 22 is downwardly rotated by the weight of the fishing rod N, the upper supporter 21 is rotated downwardly and contacts with a part of the upper portion of the fishing rod N. The lower supporter 22 maintains a pressed state by the weight of the fishing rod N. Even though a rear end of the fishing rod N is intended to be upwardly moved about the lower supporter 22, since the upper supporter 21 presses the fishing rod N, the fishing rod is stably supported by the fishing rod supporting member G.

When the fishing rod N is upwardly moved from the accommodating groove 11a, since the force pressing the lower supporter 22 disappears, the lower supporter 23 is upwardly rotated by a recovering force of the elastic member 23, and the upper supporter 21 is upwardly rotated. At this time, when the fishing rod N is upwardly moved, the upper supporter 21 is automatically escaped from the space in which the fishing rod N is lifted, so that it is possible to easily lift up the fishing rod N. Figure 7 is a perspective view illustrating a supporter for a fishing rod according to another embodiment of the present invention. The front and rear legs 5 and 6 are engaged to both side ends of the horizontal bar L which is longitudinally extended in a rectangular shape. The front and rear legs 5 and 6 are rotatable in the front and rear directions by a foldable unit S and are fixed to the ground. A plurality of fishing rod supporting members G are provided at a regular interval for supporting the fishing rod N on the upper surface of the horizontal bar L.

At this time, the fishing rod fixture 20 is engaged to the supporting member 10 of the fishing rod supporting member G for supporting the fishing rod N. The fishing rod fixture 20 includes upper and lower supporters 21 and 22 for supporting the upper and lower surfaces of the fishing rod N, and an elastic member 23 a for operating the same.

The front and rear legs 5 and 6 are engaged to the fixing member 50 engaged to both side ends of the horizontal bar L, by a foldable engaging member 70. As shown in Figure 7, the front leg 5 is preferably extendable like the rod antenna for thereby increasing and decreasing the height of the same.

The front and rear legs 5 and 6 are engaged to both ends of the horizontal bar L, and the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are rotatable forwardly and backwardly. The heights of the front leg 5 is adjustable. Therefore, it is possible to stably support the fishing rod supporter on any type of the ground. Figure 8 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating the construction of legs according to another embodiment of the present invention. Opposite engaging holes 57 are formed in the vertical end portion of both sides of the horizontal bar L. The fixing member 50 having a rotation center hole 53 in a portion corresponding to the engaging hole 57 is. engaged to the end portion of the horizontal bar L by a rotation engaging member 58.

In addition, the fixture 54 having a screw hole 55 is engaged to the horizontal bar L by the engaging member 59 in an inner side of the fixing member 50 with respect to the horizontal bar L.

At this time, a foldable engaging hole 52 is formed in a portion corresponding to the screw hole 55 of the fixture 54 in an outer surface of the fixing member 50. A plurality of position fixing grooves 51 are formed in the circumferential surface of the foldable engaging hole 52 for fixing the rotation positions of the front and rear legs 5 and 6.

The connection member 60 is engaged to the upper portion of the front leg 5. The connection member 60 includes a through hole 66 formed in a portion corresponding to the foldable engaging hole 52. A front leg fixing unit F is fixed to the lateral side of the same.

The front leg fixing unit F is detachable from the position fixing grove 51 of the fixing member 50. The front leg fixture 61 having a fixing unit 62 and a handle plate 63 for fixing the rotation position of the front leg 5 is fixed by the engaging member 65. At this time, the front leg fixture 61 is rotatable with respect to the center of the engaging member 65. An elastic member 64 adapted to implement a smooth rotational operation is engaged to one side of the front leg fixture 61, and the connection member

60 is engaged to the other side of the same. The connection member 6 connected to the upper portion of the front leg may be integrally formed of the front leg 5.

The rear leg 6 is engaged to an outer portion of the front leg 5. The rear leg 6 has a tlirough hole 78 formed in a portion corresponding to the through hole 66 of the connection member 60, and a rear leg fixing unit B is engaged to a lateral side of the same. In the rear leg fixing unit B, the assistant fixing plate 71 is engaged to a lateral side of the rear leg 6 by the engaging member 77. The fixing unit 73 being detachable from the position fixing groove 51 of the fixing member 50 and adapted to fix the rotation position of the rear leg 6, and the rear leg fixture 72 having the handle plate 74 are engaged to the assistant fixing plate 71 by the engaging member 76. The engaging member 76 passes through the rear leg fixture 72 and the assistant fixing plate 71, and one side of the engaging member 76 is engaged to the assistant fixing plate 71, and the other side of the same engages the elastic member 75 engaged to the rear leg fixture 72 by a nut and screw engaging method.

In addition, in the rear leg 6 and the front leg 5, the foldable engaging member 70 passes through the through holes 78 and 66 and is thread-engaged with the foldable engaging hole 52.

Figures 9A and 9B are enlarged views illustrating a state that front and rear legs are widened according to another embodiment of the present invention. Figures

10A and 10B are enlarged views illustrating a fixing operation of a front leg according to another embodiment of the present invention. Figures 11 A and 11B are enlarged views illustrating a fixing operation of a rear leg according to another embodiment of the present invention.

First, when a user fishes, the fishing rod supporter is installed on the ground.

The front leg 5 and rear leg 6 are rotated forwardly and backwardly and then are fixed. The end portions of the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are fixed on the ground for thereby stably fixing the fixing rod supporter on the ground.

At this time, when the handle plate 63 of the front leg fixture 61 is pushed using a hand in the right direction in the drawing, as shown in Figure 10B, the front leg

5 is rotated with respect to the engaging member 65, and the fixing unit 62 is escaped from the position fixing groove 51, so that the front leg 5 is freely rotated. The front leg

5 is positioned at a desired angle, and the hand is got off from the handle plate 63. The front leg fixture 61 is rotated in a left direction by an elastic force of the elastic member

64, and the fixing unit 62 is attached to the position fixing groove 51, so that the front leg 5 is not rotated any more. When the handle plate 74 of the rear leg fixture 72 is pushed in a left direction in the drawing, as shown in Figure 11B, the rear leg 6 is rotated about the engaging member 76, and the fixing unit 73 is escaped from the position fixing groove 51, so that the rear leg 6 is freely rotated. After the rear leg 6 is positioned at a desired angle, when a hand is got off from the handle plate 74, the rear leg fixture 72 is rotated in a right direction by an elastic force of the elastic member 75, and the fixing unit 73 is attached to the position fixing groove 51 , so that the rear leg 6 is not rotated any more.

Figures 12A and 12B are views illustrating an operation that a leg unit is folded according to another embodiment of the present invention. When the fishing rod supporter according to the present invention is installed on the ground, as shown in Figure 12 A, the foldable engaging member 70 is rotated in a locking direction and is engaged with the screw hole 55 of the fixture 54 engaged to an inner side of the fixing member 50.

The front and rear legs 5 and 6 are installed in a vertical direction of the horizontal bar L and are stably fixed on the ground by rotating and fixing the front and rear legs 5 and 6.

The user supports the fishing rods N on the fishing rod supporting member G, and after the fishing, the user contracts the fishing rods N and stores the same in the fishing bag. The fishing rod supporter is folded and stored in the fishing bag or are separately stored. When folding the fishing rod supporter, the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are separated from the ground, and the horizontal bar L and the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are fixedly maintained at the same height. As shown in Figure 12B, the foldable engaging member 70 is rotated in the loosening direction and is disengaged from the screw hole 55 of the fixture 54 engaged in the inner side of the fixing member 50. The fixing member 50 and the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are freely rotatable about the engaging hole 57 of the horizontal bar L. As shown in Figure 12C, the user folds the front and rear legs 5 and 6 in the inner direction of the horizontal bar L for thereby changing the fishing rod supporter in a longitudinal shape, so that it is possible to easily carry the same. At this time, a through hole 56 is designed to have a certain operation range in such a manner that a part of the foldable engaging member 70 protruded in an inner direction of the fixing member 50 contacts with the horizontal bar L, but a part of the foldable engaging member 70 does not contact with the upper portion of the horizontal bar L. Therefore, the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are freely folded, so that it is possible to easily carry the same.

In the above state, when a user wants to fish, the procedures opposite to the above procedure is performed. Namely, the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are vertically extended, and the foldable engaging member 70 is rotated in the locking direction and is engaged with the screw hole 55 of the fixture 54, so that the fishing rod supporter according to the present invention is uprightly fixed, for thus performing a fishing. Figure 13 is a disassembled view illustrating the construction that a supporting angle of a supporting member is adjusted according to another embodiment of the present invention, and Figures 14A through 14C are views illustrating an operation that a supporting angle of a supporting member is adjusted according to another embodiment of the present invention.

An assistant supporting member 30 is installed in a lower portion of the supporting member 10. The downward bent plate 12 formed in both sides of the supporting member 10 and the upwardly bent plate 31 formed in both sides of the assistant supporting member 30 are engaged using an engaging member(not shown), so that the supporting member 10 and the assistant supporting member 30 are engaged.

At this time, the assistant supporting member 30 is installed on the upper side of the horizontal bar L, and the assistant supporting member 30 is installed on the horizontal bar L by the fixing bolt 32 and the adjusting nut 32a. At this time, the assistant supporting member 30 is rotated in the right and left directions based on a loosening and tightening operation of the fixing bolt 32 and the adjusting nut 32a, so that it is possible to support the fishing rod in a desired rod.

In addition, a downwardly bent plate 13 is formed in the front and rear lower portions of the supporting member 10, and the fixing screw shaft 14 passes through the bent plates of the front and rear portions and is engaged with the fixing nut 14a. The fixing screw shaft 14 passing through the bent plate 13 of the front side is engaged with a rectangular connection member 48. A third center shaft 47 of the link 44 is engaged to the lateral side of the connection member 48.

A vertically upwardly bent plate 33 is formed in the front side of the assistant supporting member 30, and a first center shaft 45 of the link 44 is engaged thereto. A second center shaft 46 of the link 44 contacts with an upper side of the horizontal bar L.

The fixing nut 14a and the fixing screw shaft 14 are fixed by a screw and are rotated together. Therefore, when rotating one of either the fixing nut 14a or the fixing screw shaft 14, the remaining one is also rotated.

When the fixing nut 14a or the fixing screw shaft 14 is rotated for adjusting the upper and lower angles of the fishing rod supporting member G by a user, the fixing nut 14a and the fixing screw shaft 14 are rotated in place. As shown in Figures 14B and 14C, the connection member 48 engaged with the fixing screw shaft 14 is forwardly or backwardly moved based on its rotational direction. At this time, the connection member 48 is connected with the bent assistant plate 33 of the assistant supporting member 30 by the link 44, it is not rotated together with the fixing screw shaft 14, but is forwardly or backwardly moved.

The fixing nut 14a is formed of a butterfly nut adapted for an easier rotation.

When rotating the fixing nut 14a in a right direction, as shown in Figure 14B, the connection member 48 is moved in the left direction. In a state that the second center shaft 46 of the link 44 is positioned on the upper portion of the horizontal bar L, the third center shaft 47 engaged with the connection member 48 is rotating down with respect to the second center shaft 46, and the left side of the supporting member 10 in the drawing is downwardly moved and slanted.

When the fixing nut 14a is rotated in the left direction, as shown in Figure 14C, the connection member 48 is moved in the right direction, and the left side of the supporting member 10 is upwardly moved and slanted by the link 44 engaged to the connection member 48. At this time, the supporting member 10 operates with respect to the center of the engaging member which engages the downwardly bent plate 12 of the supporting member 10 and the assistant supporting member 30. Therefore, it is possible to support the fishing rods by rotating the fixing nut

14a at a desired angle, and it is possible to support the fishing rods at a certain direction by rotating the assistant supporting member 30.

Figure 15 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating the construction that an installation size of a supporting member is adjusted according to another embodiment of the present invention, and Figures 16A and 16B are views illustrating an operation that an installation size of a supporting member is adjusted according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The fishing rods N of the supporting member 10 according to the present invention have different thickness and lengths. Therefore, it is preferred to adjust the installation size of the supporting member 10 based on the thickness. When a fixing hole 88 is formed in a front side of the supporting member 10, and a fixture 89 is engaged thereto, a longitudinal hole 82 is formed therebetween, and a movable member 80 having a guide plate 83 is positioned therein.

In addition, a fixing member 84 is installed in a right side of the movable member 80 and passes through the fixing member 84 and is engaged with an elastic member 85. An adjusting screw shaft 87 is engaged with the fixing plate 81 formed in the movable member 80. An adjusting nut 86 being thread-engaged with the adjusting screw shaft 87 and rotating by itself is engaged between the head portion of the adjusting screw shaft 87 and the fixing member 84. As shown in Figure 16 A, when assembling the above elements, the thickness of the fishing rod N is adjusted in such a manner that the adjusting member 86 is rotated as shown in Figure 16B, and the movable member 80 is moved in the left and right directions, so that the installation size of the supporting member 10 is adjusted.

When the adjusting nut 86 is tightened, since the adjusting nut 86 and the adjusting screw shaft 87 are threaded, the adjusting nut 86 is closely contacted with the fixing member 84 and is not moved. Namely, the adjusting screw shaft 87 is moved in the left direction.

Since the adjusting screw shaft 87 is fixed with the fixing plate 81 of the movable member 80, the movable member 80 is moved in the left direction, and the guide plate 83 is moved. Therefore, it is possible to adjust the installation size of the supporting member 10 to a small size.

When the adjusting nut 86 is rotated in the loosening direction, since the adjusting nut 86 and the adjusting screw shaft 87 are thread-engaged, the left side of the adjusting nut 86 contact with nothing, so that the adjusting member 86 is moved in the left direction. However, the elastic member 85 is installed between the fixing member 84 and the fixing plate 68, so that the fixing plate 81 is pushed in the right direction from the fixing member 84, and a force applied to pull the adjusting screw shaft 87 in the right direction is maintained. Consequently, the adjusting nut 86 is not moved. Only the adjusting screw shaft 87 is moved in the left direction, so that the installation size of the supporting member 10 is increased.

" At this time, the movable member 80 is prevented from being escaped from the head portion of the fixture 89 in the upper, front and rear directions. Namely, the movable member 80 is movable only in the left and right directions together with the adjusting screw shaft 87 by the longitudinal hole 82. In addition, when the fishing rod N is strongly tightened by the guide plate 83 by rotating the adjusting member 86, it is possible to prevent the fishing rod N from being pulled by a fish when the fish baited the hook(not shown) of the fishing line of the fishing rod. Therefore, an angler can take a rest for a certain time.

The fixing plate 81 may not be formed in the movable member 80. The adjusting screw shaft 87 may be longitudinally formed and may be directly fixed to one surface of the guide plate 83 of the movable member 80.

Figure 17 is a perspective view illustrating a supporter for a fishing rod according to further another embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 18 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a leg unit according to further another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown therein, a fixing member 50 is engaged to both ends of the horizontal bar L by a rotation engaging member 58. A protrusion 59 is protruded from an upper portion of the fixing member 50.

A connection member 60 having a through hole 66 formed in a portion corresponding to the engaging hole 52 is installed in an outer portion of the fixing member 50. A front leg 5 is engaged to a lower portion of the connection member 60 by an engaging member.

A rear leg 6 having a through hole 78 formed in a portion corresponding to the through hole 66 is installed in an outer portion of the connection member 60. The engaging member 70a passes through the through holes 66 and 78 of the rear leg 6 and the connection member 60 and is thread-engaged with the engaging hole 52 of the fixing member 50, so that the fixing member 50, the connection member 60 and the rear leg 6 are engaged.

A fixing plate 71 is engaged to an upper portion of the rear leg 6 by an engaging member 77. A guide hole 79 is formed in the fixing plate 71. The outer portion of the fixing member 50 is inserted into the guide hole 79. The rear leg 6 is rotated along the outer portion of the fixing member 50. Here, the above rotation is guided by the guide hole 79.

A through hole 94 is formed in the upper portion of the horizontal bar L. A foldable fixing member 90 having a rotational hole 92 is engaged with the tlirough hole 94 by the engaging member 93. A ring shaped engaging piece 91 contacting with the protrusion 59 of the fixing member 50 is formed in the foldable fixing member 90 in such a manner that the fixing member 50 is not rotated with respect to the rotation engaging member 58. Here, the foldable fixing member 90 is preferably engaged with the horizontal bar L.

In the supporter for a fishing rod according to another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of fishing rod supporting members G engaged to the upper portions of the horizontal bar L have the similar constructions with the construction according to an earlier embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the operation of the same is also similar.

There are shown the structures of the legs according to another embodiment of the present invention. The constructions that the fishing rod supporting member G is installed on the upper portion of the horizontal bar L are in the scope of the present invention. The legs of the fishing rod supporter according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Figures 19A through 19C are views illustrating an operation that a leg unit is folded according to further another embodiment of the present invention, and Figures 20A and 20B are plan views illustrating a state that a leg unit is folded according to further another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figures 19A and 20A, in a state that the foldable engaging member 90 is engaged to the horizontal bar L by the engaging member 93, the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are vertically installed with respect to the horizontal bar L, and the foldable fixing member 90 is rotated in the right direction with respect to the engaging member 93. In the above state, when the engaging piece 91 is engaged to the protrusion 59 of the fixing member 50, the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are vertically installed.

The engaging member 70a is loosened from the engaging hole 52 of the fixing member 50, and the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are positioned at a desired angle forwardly and backwardly, and then the engaging member 70a is tightened into the engaging hole 52. The front and rear legs 5 and 6 are stably fixed, so that the supporter of the fishing rod according to the present invention is installed on the ground.

After the fishing is completed, the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are folded in the lower direction of the horizontal bar L for easily carrying the supporters of the fishing rods. As shown in Figures 19B and 20B, when the foldable fixing member 90 is rotated in the left direction with respect to the engaging member 93, as shown in Figure 19C, the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are rotated with respect to the rotation engaging member 58 together with the fixing member 50, so that the front and rear legs 5 and 6 are folded below the horizontal bar L. Therefore, in the present invention, it is possible to fold and carry the front and rear legs 5 and 6 based on an easier operation that the engaging piece is engaged or disengaged from the protrusion 59 by rotating the foldable fixing member 90.

Figure 21 is a perspective view illustrating the construction that a sliding prevention member is provided in a fishing rod supporting member according to the present invention. As shown therein, the fishing rod fixture 20 may be formed of a metal or a plastic material. Since the plastic material has a lower strength, the metal is preferably used.

Recently, the fishing rod N is fabricated using a soft and smooth material such as a high carbon material. The fishing rod N is supported by the upper and lower supporters 21 and 22 of the fishing rod fixture 20, but there is not any element for preventing the forward or backward sliding of the fishing rod N. At this time, the fishing rod N may be caught by the guide plate 83, but there is much inconvenience when the user frequently lifts up or places down the fishing rod on the supporting member which is a common operation in fishing. When the fishing rod N is supported on the supporting member 10, the lower side of the fishing rod N contacts with the front side accommodating groove 11a of the supporting member 10 by the weight of the fishing rod N, and the upper side of the fishing rod N contacts with the upper supporter 21 of the fishing rod fixture 20. Therefore, as shown in Figure 21, upper and lower sliding preventing members 24 and 25 are preferably attached on the outer surface of the upper supporter 21 and the front side accommodating groove 11a of the supporting member 10.

In addition, the above sliding preventing member may be attached to the rear side accommodating groove 11a of the supporting member 10 and an outer surface of the lower supporter 22. The elastic member 23 a adapted to control the operation that the fishing rod is supported by the fishing rod fixture 20 or is disengaged from the fishing rod fixture 20 may^' be formed of a circular elastic member 23a of which one side is engaged to the fishing rod fixture 20 and of which the other side is engaged to the upward bent piece 11 of the supporting member 10 for thus implementing a desired function and beautiful outer construction.

In addition, in the fishing rod fixture 20 which is rotated by the elastic member 23 a, it is preferred to engage a control rod 15 to a set position, which control rod 15 contacts with the upper surface of the lower supporter 22 for fixing the position of the fishing rod fixture 20 before the fishing rod N is supported and is adapted to prevent the lower supporter 22 from being further rotated by the elastic member 23 a. At this time, the setting posit of the control rod 15 is determined in such a manner that the fishing rod fixture 20 is properly operated when accommodating the fishing rod N in the accommodating groove 11a of the supporting member 10.

In the drawings, the users who use a right hand for a fishing is referred for describing the construction and operation of the present invention. In the present invention, the users who use a left hand for a fishing may use the supporter for a fishing rod. At this time, there may be a different angle for lifting up and placing down the fishing rod between the righthanded user and lefthanded user. Therefore, the fishing rod fixture 20 engaged to the supporting member 10 and the fishing rod installation size adjusting structure may be installed opposite to each other, so that the righthanded user and lefthanded user may be separated.

In addition, the fishing rod supporting member G may not be installed on the horizontal bar L. Namely, the fishing rod supporting member G may be installed in a fishing chair, a fishing resting unit, a fishing boat, etc. In the supporter for a fishing rod according to the present invention, various design modifications of each element may be included in the technical concept of the present invention.

As described above, it is possible to support a plurality of fishing rods at one time and to adjust the heights of the legs upwardly and downwardly and to stably fix the legs. The directions of the fishing rods may be simple changed in upward, downward, leftward and right directions. The legs of the supporter for a fishing rod may be folded for easily carrying the supporter.

In addition, the installation size may be adjusted based on the thickness of the fishing rod, and it is possible to a sliding of the fishing rod in the forward and backward directions.

As described above, the above description is one embodiment for implementing a hair cutting scissors according to the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described examples are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.

Claims

Claims:

1. A supporter for a fishing rod, comprising: a leg member which includes a plurality of legs of which the heights are adjustable, and of which the lower ends are fixed on the ground, and a leg support member to which the other ends of the legs are rotatably engaged; a horizontal bar which is assembled to an upper side surface of the leg support member; a plurality of assistant supporting members which are horizontally rotatable in an upper side portion of the horizontal bar; and a supporting member which is upwardly and downwardly rotatable on an upper portion of the assistant supporting member upwardly and downwardly and includes a fishing rod fixture at both ends for fixing the fishing rod.

2. The supporter of claim 1, wherein a downward bent piece is formed in the left and right sides of the supporting member and is engaged with an upward bent piece of the assistant supporting member, and an upward bent piece having a semi-circular accommodating groove on which the fishing rod is placed, is formed in the front and rear portions, and the fishing rod fixture adapted to fix the fishing rod passes through the front and rear upwardly bent pieces.

3. The supporter of claim 1, further comprising a supporting angle adjusting means in an upper portion of the horizontal bar corresponding to the assistant supporting member for adjusting the height of the supporting member.

4. The supporter of claim 3, wherein said supporting angle adjusting means includes an adjusting nut passing through the horizontal bar, and a fixing nut which is thread-engaged with the adjusting bolt in the upper and lower portions of the horizontal bar.

5. The supporter of claim 1, wherein said assistant supporting member and said horizontal bar are engaged by the fixing bolt and adjusting nut, respectively.

6. The supporter of claim 1, wherein said fishing rod fixture installed in one end of the supporting member includes a semicircular upper supporter surrounding the fishing rod in a rear side, a straight lie shaped lower supporter on which the fishing rod is placed on the upper portion of the same in a front side, and the upper and lower supporters are integral, and the lower supporter is fixedly supported to the supporting member by an elastic member.

7. The supporter of claim 1, further comprising: front and rear legs which are sequentially engaged to the fixing member installed at both side ends of the horizontal bar by a foldable engaging member and which are rotatably fixed in the front and rear sides, respectively; front and rear leg fixing means for fixing the rotation positions of the front and rear legs; and a folding means for folding the front and rear legs right below the horizontal bar.

8. The supporter of claim 7, wherein said front leg fixing means includes: a plurality of position fixing grooves which are formed in a circumferential shape in the fixing member installed at an end portion of the horizontal bar; and a front leg fixture which is engaged to the connection member engaged to the upper portion of the front leg using an engaging member together with an elastic member and which has a fixing member which is attached or escaped from the position fixing groove when a user pulls or pushes a handle plate formed in one side of the same.

9. The supporter of claim 7, wherein said rear leg fixing means includes: a plurality of position fixing grooves which are formed in a circumferential shape in the fixing member installed at an end portion of the horizontal bar; and a rear leg fixture which is engaged to an upper portion of the rear leg using an engaging member together with an elastic member and which has a fixing member which is attached or escaped from the position fixing groove when a user pulls or pushes a handle plate formed in one side of the same.

10. The supporter of claim 7, wherein said leg folding means includes: a fixing member which is rotatable at 90° and installed at both side ends of the horizontal bar; a folding engaging member which sequentially passes through the through holes of the front and rear legs and are engaged with the folding engaging hole of the fixing member; and a fixture which is thread-engaged with the folding engaging member which passed through the folding engaging hole and has a screw hole installed in the horizontal bar in order for the front and rear legs to be vertically installed on the ground.

11. The supporter of claim 10, wherein a through hole having an operation range that an end portion of the folding engaging member and the horizontal bar contact with each other is formed in the horizontal bar for thereby preventing an end portion of the folding engaging member protruded from the fixing member from contacting with the horizontal bar when the folding engaging member is disengaged from the screw hole of the fixture, and the front and rear legs are folded right below the horizontal bar.

12. The supporter of claim 7, further comprising: a bent piece which is downwardly bent from the front and rear sides of the lower surface of the supporting member for adjusting a supporting angle of the fishing rod supported by the supporting member; a fixing screw shaft which passes through the bent piece and is engaged by a fixing nut; a connection member which is thread-engaged with the fixing screw shaft which passes tlirough the bent piece formed in a front portion of the supporting member; a bent assistant piece which us upwardly bent from the assistant supporting member having an upward bent piece formed in a portion corresponding to the downward bent piece of the supporting member; and a link having first, second and third center shafts for connecting the connection member and the bent assistant piece.

13. The supporter of claim 7, further comprising: a movable member which_. is installed on an upper surface of the supporting member by a fixture engaged to the fixing hole of the supporting member in such a manner that the installation size that the fishing rod is placed on the supporting member is adjusted based on the size of the fishing rod fixed by the supporting member and which includes a guide plate for supporting a lateral side of the fishing rod and a longitudinal hole formed in a lateral direction that the fixture is inserted; an adjusting screw shaft which has one end fixed to one side portion of the movable member and which has threads; an adjusting member which is thread-engaged with the adjusting screw shaft and is rotated by a user; a fixing member which is fixedly installed between the adjusting member and the movable member and through which the adjusting screw shaft passes; and an elastic member which is installed between the fixing member and the movable member for providing an elastic force.

14. The supporter of claim 7, further comprising: a circular elastic member which has one side engaged to the lateral side plate of the supporting member, and the other side is engaged to the fixture of the fishing rod for thereby providing an elastic force.

15. The supporter of claim 7, further comprising:_. an upper sliding prevention member which is engaged to an upper supporter of the fishing rod fixture so that the fishing rod is more stable supported by the fishing rod fixture; and a lower sliding prevention member engaged to the lower supporter.

16. The supporter of claim 7, wherein the fishing rod supporting member formed of the supporting member and assistant supporting member is directly installed in a fishing chair, a fishing rest, a fishing boat, etc.