Holder for fishing rods and the like

Claim 1

A holder for a plurality of fishing rods and the like comprising an elongated body of material having a relatively high yield strength and hardness, such as steel, for mounting on a supporting surface, such as a wall or the like, to support the rods, said body including two generally flat-sided plates for positioning generally perpendicular to said surface in spaced parallel relationship with a plurality of aligned slots spaced along the edges of the plates away from the surface, a plurality of lock bolts located between the plates, means mounting the lock bolts for each bolt to be movable relative to one of the slots between a first position where the slot is open to receive a fishing rod or the like and a second position to hold a fishing rod or the like in the slot, said means including an elongated handle located between the plates and connected to the lock bolts, said handle being movable between a first position to place the lock bolts in said first position relative to the slots and a second position to place the lock bolts in said second position; said plates and said handle having openings that are in alignment when the lock bolts are in their second position through which the hasp of a lock can be inserted to lock the bolts in their second position, a resilient portion of elastomeric material attached to the outside of one of the plates, said portion having slots that are in side-by-side relationship with the slots in the plates and that are narrower than the slots in the plates so that a rod or the like positioned in the slots in the plates will be supported on the resilient portion of elastomeric material.