Support and holder device for fishing rods

Claim 1

IN A FISHING ROD SUPPORT, THE COMBINATION WITH A STANCHION INCLUDING AN UPRIGHT STAFF, OF A HOLDER IN WHICH TO RECEIVE A FISHING ROD HANDLE, SAID HOLDER EMBODYING AT ITS ROOT PORTION A BEARING DIRECTED AT AN OBLIQUE ANGLE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HOLDER AND JOURNALED VERTICALLY ON SAID STAFF, FOR ROTATIVE MOVEMENT THEREON, AND TO INCLINE THE HOLDER AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO THE VERTICAL AXIS OF SAID STAFF, AND MEANS INTERCOUPLING AND INTERACTING BETWEEN SAID STAFF AND SAID BEARING, TO SUPPORT SAID BEARING IN ITS JOURNALED POSITION AND TO SNUB IT IN ITS ROTATIVE MOVEMENT, SAID COUPLER MEANS INCLUDING A CROSS PIN INTEGRATED WITH THE SAID STAFF AT A POINT LOCATED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE BELOW THE FINIAL PORTION OF SAID STAFF AND ABOVE THE LOCATION WHERE THE SAID BEARING IS JOURNALED, THE ENDS OF SAID PIN PROJECTING AND FORMING LATERAL STUDS, AND THE SAID BEARING AT ITS TOP SURFACE BEING PROVIDED WITH SPACED RADIAL DEPRESSIONS, A HELICAL SPRING SURROUNDING THE STAFF AT POSITION BELOW AND IMPINGED AGAINST SAID BEARING, AND A COTTER PIN IN A HOLE PROVIDED THEREFOR IN SAID STAFF, TO COMPRESS THE SPRING AND STRAIN THE BEARING UPWARDLY AND IMPINGED AGAINST SAID STUDS.