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A fishing rod holder comprising a mounting bracket for attachment to a structural member of a boat, a tubular body member having open ends for receiving a rod handle inserted through one end and having a slot longitudinally disposed in the side thereof, mounting means for mounting the tubular body m

A fishing rod holder comprising a mounting bracket for attachment to a structural member of a boat, a tubular body member having open ends for receiving a rod handle inserted through one end and having a slot longitudinally disposed in the side thereof, mounting means for mounting the tubular body member on the mounting bracket to provide limited pivotal vertical movement with respect to the mounting bracket, a lever block mounted for limited pivotal movement with respect to the tubular member and carrying therethrough a threaded rod having a handle and a camming head with the camming head and the end of the rod projecting into the body member slot, and a tongue member having a generally semicircular cross-section disposed inside the body member and meeting and fastened at one end to the interior of the body member and covering the slot. The rod drives the camming head into deflecting engagement with the free end of the tongue to deflect the tongue toward the interior of the body member and into locking engagement with a fishing rod handle when the lever block is in a locked position. When the lever block is rotated to an open position, the camming head is rotated out of engagement with the tongue member and into the slot for releasing engaging pressure on the fishing rod handle. Another embodiment of a mounting bracket used to mount the fishing rod holder on rail-like structural members is also disclosed.

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An adjustable fishing rod holder comprising: mounting bracket means adapted for attachment to a structural member and providing rigid projecting mounting surfaces, a tubular body member open at both ends, the upper end adapted for receiving and accepting various lengths and configurations of fishing

An adjustable fishing rod holder comprising: mounting bracket means adapted for attachment to a structural member and providing rigid projecting mounting surfaces, a tubular body member open at both ends, the upper end adapted for receiving and accepting various lengths and configurations of fishing rod handles, said body member having an elongated slot longitudinally disposed in one side thereof, body bracket means fixed to said tubular body member and positioned transverse to the longitudinal axis thereof, said body bracket means terminating on the side thereof carrying said longitudinal slot in a lever mounting means positioned adjacent to and on opposite sides of said longitudinal slot, said body bracket means terminating on the opposite side of said tubular body member in a projecting mounting means adapted for pivotally mating with and engaging said mounting bracket means, attachment means for pivotally mounting said body bracket projecting mounting means and said mounting bracket means for permitting said tubular body member limited arcuate movement with respect to said mounting bracket means and for permitting locking engagement therebetween in any selected position within the limited arcuate traverse, a tongue member having a generally semi-circular cross-sectional configuration and dimensioned to mate with the interior arcuate curve of said tubular body member, one end of said tongue member having a narrowed width dimension and attached to the inner surface of said tubular body member adjacent to the lower open end for positioning said tongue member in a generally mating relationship with the inner surface of said body member and closing said slot disposed therein, said tongue member further having a slight longitudinal outward curvature for biasing the unattached end of said tongue member snugly against the inner surface of said body member, a generally wedge-shaped lever block cooperating with said lever mounting means for providing limited rotational movement therebetween, the wider dimension of said block oriented toward said upper open end of said tubular member, the lower surface of said block substantially covering said tubular member slot, a mounting pin disposed transversely through said lever block and cooperating with said lever mounting means for permitting limited rotational movement of said lever block with respect to said lever mounting means from a first position where said lever block bottom surface substantially covers said slot and is in contact with said tubular member outer surface to a second position where said lever block is disposed angularly with respect to said tubular member and substantially exposes said slot, a threaded rod having a handle on one end and a camming head on the other end and threadably disposed through said lever block for projecting said camming head through said tubular member slot into contact with said tongue member, said threaded rod being adjustably positionable into and out of said tubular body slot for permitting said camming head to engage and depress said tongue member into the interior of said tubular member when said lever block is rotated to said first position for causing said tongue member to snugly engage the handle of a rod inserted into said tubular member upper open end, and said camming head of said threaded rod being rotatably pivoted out of contact with said tongue member through said tubular member slot when said lever block is rotated to said second position for causing said tongue member to return to contact with the interior surface of said tubular member for releasing said rod handle and permitting removal thereof from said tubular member.