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US3095663A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Rod holder for fishing tackle boxes

Assignee: Liberty Steel Chest Corp
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Filing: 1961-11-08
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Granted: 1963-07-02
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Expires: 1981-11-08
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Marcell J Miller

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 23:51
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01K; A01K97/00; A01K97/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 278 words
A FISHING TACKLE BOX, COMPRISING A BOTTOM SECTION AND A COVER SECTION HINGED THERETO ALONG THE REAR EDGES, SAID BOTTOM SECTION HAVING A FRONT WALL, A HANDLE MOUNTED ON ONE OF SAID SECTIONS IN THE CENTRAL PORTION BETWEEN OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, A HOLDER LOOP HAVING A LENGTH OF WIRE FORMED WITH A CURVED OUTER END PORITION, A PAIR OF SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SIDE PORITIONS EXTENDING FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CURVED OUTER END PORTION AND HAVING THE FREE ENDS OF SAID LENGTH OF WIRE FORMED WITH TERMINAL PORTIONS EXTENDING INWARDLY TOWARD EACH OTHER AT THE ENDS OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS OPPOSITE TO SAID CURVED OUTER END PORTION, A PAIR OF COLLARS FORMED WITH BEARING PORTIONS ROTATABLY RECEIVING SAID TERMINAL PORTIONS WITH SAID COLLARS ARRANGED BETWEEN SAID SIDE PORTIONS IN SPACED RELATION, AND MEANS SECURING SAID COLLARS, TO A SIDE WALL OF SAID BOTTOM SECTION IN SPACED RELATION FROM THE BOTTOM WALL AND INTERMEDIATE THE CENTRAL PORTION AND ONE END THEREOF, SAID HOLDER LOOP HAVING THE DIMENSION BETWEEN THE SIDE PORTIONS THEREOF APPROXIMATELY TEN PERCENT GREATER THAN THE DIMENSION BETWEEN SAID TERMINAL PORTIONS AND SAID OUTER END PORTION, WHEREBY THE HANDLE OF A FISHING ROD WILL JUST CLEAR THE INNER SIDES OF SAID LOOP FOR INSERTION THROUGH AND COOPERATION OF SAID LOOP ABOUT AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID HANDLE WITH THE FREE END OF SAID HANDLE ENGAGING THE FRONT WALL OF SAID BOTTOM SECTION BELOW SAID LOOP AND THE OTHER END CARRYING THE FISHING ROD EXTENDING UPWARDLY ABOVE THE TOP OF SAID TACKLE BOX IN UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY INCLINED RELATION AT AN ANGLE CLOSE TO VERTICAL THAN HORIZONTAL FOR DETACHABLY LOCKING SAID FISHING ROD HANDLE TO SAID BOTTOM SECTION
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 278 words
A FISHING TACKLE BOX, COMPRISING A BOTTOM SECTION AND A COVER SECTION HINGED THERETO ALONG THE REAR EDGES, SAID BOTTOM SECTION HAVING A FRONT WALL, A HANDLE MOUNTED ON ONE OF SAID SECTIONS IN THE CENTRAL PORTION BETWEEN OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, A HOLDER LOOP HAVING A LENGTH OF WIRE FORMED WITH A CURVED OUTER END PORITION, A PAIR OF SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SIDE PORITIONS EXTENDING FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CURVED OUTER END PORTION AND HAVING THE FREE ENDS OF SAID LENGTH OF WIRE FORMED WITH TERMINAL PORTIONS EXTENDING INWARDLY TOWARD EACH OTHER AT THE ENDS OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS OPPOSITE TO SAID CURVED OUTER END PORTION, A PAIR OF COLLARS FORMED WITH BEARING PORTIONS ROTATABLY RECEIVING SAID TERMINAL PORTIONS WITH SAID COLLARS ARRANGED BETWEEN SAID SIDE PORTIONS IN SPACED RELATION, AND MEANS SECURING SAID COLLARS, TO A SIDE WALL OF SAID BOTTOM SECTION IN SPACED RELATION FROM THE BOTTOM WALL AND INTERMEDIATE THE CENTRAL PORTION AND ONE END THEREOF, SAID HOLDER LOOP HAVING THE DIMENSION BETWEEN THE SIDE PORTIONS THEREOF APPROXIMATELY TEN PERCENT GREATER THAN THE DIMENSION BETWEEN SAID TERMINAL PORTIONS AND SAID OUTER END PORTION, WHEREBY THE HANDLE OF A FISHING ROD WILL JUST CLEAR THE INNER SIDES OF SAID LOOP FOR INSERTION THROUGH AND COOPERATION OF SAID LOOP ABOUT AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID HANDLE WITH THE FREE END OF SAID HANDLE ENGAGING THE FRONT WALL OF SAID BOTTOM SECTION BELOW SAID LOOP AND THE OTHER END CARRYING THE FISHING ROD EXTENDING UPWARDLY ABOVE THE TOP OF SAID TACKLE BOX IN UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY INCLINED RELATION AT AN ANGLE CLOSE TO VERTICAL THAN HORIZONTAL FOR DETACHABLY LOCKING SAID FISHING ROD HANDLE TO SAID BOTTOM SECTION

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-07-01 1966-12-31 1967-07-02 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-07-01 1970-12-31 1971-07-02 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-07-01 1974-12-31 1975-07-02 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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