Abstract An accessory for water storage of fish caught from a small boat, the device comprising a fish safety pin racking rod fastened to the gunwale and extending outward therefrom with a horizontal portion for racking a multiplicity of pins, the rod arching upwardly and then pointing downwardly at its outer end to retain said pins racked on said horizontal portion, a chain long enough to reach the water being attached to the end of the rod and terminating in a keeper disc preventing the escape of fish holding safety pins threaded on said chain. The rod is optionally welded to a clamp for attachment to the boat gunwale or provided with an eye insertable in a secondary fishing rod holding clamp which in turn has a primary clamp for securing the same to a boat gunwale.
Inventors
👤 F Fisher
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-31 14:33
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01K; A01K97/00; A01K97/20; A01K65/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
In a fish catch keeper, the combination of: a fish holding safety pin racking rod; means on an inner end portion of said rod for use in fastening said rod to a boat gunwale, said rod being reversely bent from said inner end portion to form a relatively straight horizontal safety pin racking portion extending outwardly horizontally over said gunwale, and terminating in an outer end portion which is first upwardly arched from said horizontal portion and then is bent to point downwardly; said rod having at its outer end, a means for connecting thereto a fish catch ducking chain.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
In a fish catch keeper, the combination of: a fish holding safety pin racking rod; means on an inner end portion of said rod for use in fastening said rod to a boat gunwale, said rod being reversely bent from said inner end portion to form a relatively straight horizontal safety pin racking portion extending outwardly horizontally over said gunwale, and terminating in an outer end portion which is first upwardly arched from said horizontal portion and then is bent to point downwardly; said rod having at its outer end, a means for connecting thereto a fish catch ducking chain.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said rod fastening means comprises a horizontal inner rod end portion; and a gunwale clamp to which said inner rod end portion is welded.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A combination as recited in claim 1 wherein said racking rod fastening means comprises an eye bent in said inner rod end portion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A combination as recited in claim 3 wherein said reverse bend of said inner rod end portion lies in the same horizontal plane as said safety pin racking rod portion, and wherein said eye also lies in said horizontal plane.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
A combination as recited in claim 4 including a gunwale clamp; and bolt clamp means mounted on said clamp and extending vertically upwardly therefrom when said clamp is applied to a gunwale, said bolt clamp means penetrating and securing said eye rigidly to said clamp.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A combination as recited in claim 5 including: a fishing rod holder adjustably secured to said clamp by said bolt clamp means.