Outrigger pole holder

Claim 1

A pole holder, particularly useful for holding outrigger poles comprising; a mounting base having a circular flange seat, said flange seat used to receive a mating flange pErpendicularly coupled to a bevel-toothed first crown-gear, a clamp-ring fitting over said first crown-gear, abutting against said mating flange, and affixed to said flange seat, a second crown-gear rotatably communicating with said first crown-gear having affixed to said second crown-gear a tubular member for holding said outrigger pole root, a circumferentially sloping cam surface on the back of said first crown-gear and a first handle with complimentary circumferentially sloping cam surfaces that abut said cam surfaces on the back of said first crown-gear, said first handle being rotatable about the centerline of said circumferentially sloping cam surfaces and being coupled to said second crown-gear such that when said first handle rotates so that both cam surfaces closely abut, then said second crowngear pulls toward said first crown-gear and said teeth mesh; when said first handle (is rotated) rotates such that both cam surfaces loosely abut, then said second crown-gear freely rotates about the centerline of said circumferentially sloping cam surfaces, a second similar set of circumferentially sloping cam surfaces located on said clamp-ring and a second handle with a second similar set of complimentary circumferentially sloping cam surfaces, said second handle being coupled to said mounting base and being rotatable about the centerline of said second circumferentially sloping cam surfaces such that when said second handle rotates so that both cam surfaces closely abut, said clamp ring exerts a pressure on said flange and prevents said first crown-gear from rotating about the centerline of said seat and when said second handle rotates such that both cam surfaces loosely abut, said flange freely rotates about the centerline of said seat.