Combination fishing rod and flashlight holder attachment

Abstract

Abstract A COMBINATION FISHING ROD AND FLASHLIGHT HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR USE WITH A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE BAND ADAPTED TO BE EXTENDED AROUND THE CONTAINER AND SECURED THERETO. A FIRST TUBULAR SUPPORT MEMBER IS SELECTIVELY MOVABLY SECURED TO THE BAND AND IS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE ONE END OF A FISHING ROD THEREIN TO SUPPORT THE SAME. SECOND AND THIRD TUBULAR SUPPORT MEMBERS ARE ADJUSTABLY MOVABLY SECURED TO THE BAND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE FIRST SUPPORT MEMBER AND ARE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE EITHER A FLASHLIGHT OR A FISHING ROD THEREIN TO SUPPORT THE SAME. THE ATTACHMENT INCLUDES TIGHTENING MEANS TO MAINTAIN THE BAND ON THE CONTAINER IN THE SELECTED POSITION AND TO PERMIT THE ATTACHMENT TO BE EASILY REMOVED THEREFROM. THE FIRST SUPPORT MEMBER ALSO HAS MEANS THEREON FOR SUPPORTING A FLASHLIGHT THEREON. A STRINGER ATTACHMENT IS SECURED TO THE BAND BELOW THE FIRST SUPPORT MEMBER TO PERMIT A STRINGER TO BE SECURED TO THE ATTACHMENT. THE SECOND AND THIRD SUPPORT MEMBERS EXTEND UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM THE BAND AND ARE DESIGNED TO PERMIT THE FISHERMAN TO FISH AT NIGHT WITH A FLASHLIGHT BEING PLACED IN ONE OF THE TUBULAR SUPPORT MEMBERS SO AS TO DIRECT LIGHT ON THE UPPER END OF THE FISHING ROD IN THE FIRST SUPPORT MEMBER. THE SECOND AND THIRD SUPPORT MEMBERS ARE SPACED APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES APART WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTAINER TO PERMIT THE FISHERMAN TO SELECTIVELY USE EITHER OF THE SAME DEPENDING UPON THE DIRECTION OF THE STREAM FLOW. THE FIRST SUPPORT MEMBER ALSO HAS MEANS THEREON FOR SUPPORTING A FLASHLIGHT THEREON.

Inventors

• 👤 John F Smeltzer

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