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A portable fishing pole and binoculars support apparatus includes a flexible shock cord with adjacently disposed first and second ends respectively. Such a shock cord further includes a cable crimp directly attached thereto such that a loop is formed in a medial portion of the shock cord. The suppor

A portable fishing pole and binoculars support apparatus includes a flexible shock cord with adjacently disposed first and second ends respectively. Such a shock cord further includes a cable crimp directly attached thereto such that a loop is formed in a medial portion of the shock cord. The support apparatus further includes a substantially S-shaped holder removably secured to the shock cord. Such a holder is formed from rigid and durable material such that the holder maintains a fixed shape during operating conditions. The holder includes a deformably resilient and cushioned material statically affixed to an inner surface of a selected curved portion of the holder. The support apparatus further includes an audible signaling device attached to the shock cord and a mechanism for adjustably attaching the apparatus about a user neck during operating conditions.

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What is claimed is: 1. A portable fishing pole and binoculars support apparatus for assisting a user to support an existing fishing pole or an existing binoculars on a user body while allowing user hands to remain unencumbered, said fishing pole and binoculars support apparatus comprising: a flexib

What is claimed is: 1. A portable fishing pole and binoculars support apparatus for assisting a user to support an existing fishing pole or an existing binoculars on a user body while allowing user hands to remain unencumbered, said fishing pole and binoculars support apparatus comprising: a flexible shock cord having adjacently disposed first and second ends respectively, said shock cord further comprises a cable crimp directly attached thereto such that a loop is formed in a medial portion of said shock cord; a substantially S-shaped holder removably secured to said shock cord, said holder comprises a deformably resilient and cushioned material statically affixed to an inner surface of a selected curved portion of said holder, said cushioned material for being abutted directly against an existing object interfitted within said selected curved portion such that said cushioned material prohibits at least one of the existing fishing pole and the existing binoculars from prematurely and undesirably exiting said holder during operating conditions, wherein another curved portion of said holder is attached to said loop of said shock cord such that said loop is interfitted within said another curved portion and thereby maintains said cushioned material of said selected curved portion in an upwardly facing position during operating conditions; an audible signaling device attached to said shock cord, said audible signaling device comprises a whistle, said whistle comprising: a female part directly attached to said first and second ends respectively of said shock cord, and a male part permanently attached to said female part, wherein said male part and said female part are employed as desired by the user to generate a whistling sound; and means for adjustably attaching said apparatus about a user neck during operating conditions, said attaching means being slidably attached to said shock cord. 2. The fishing pole and binoculars support apparatus of claim 1, wherein said means for adjustably attaching comprises: a cylindrical barrel lock having an open top end and a closed bottom end respectively, said barrel lock having a hollow interior; a piston having a shaft removably interfitted within said hollow interior of said barrel lock, said piston being provided with a top end having a diameter that is equal to a diameter of said barrel lock, said top end being monolithically formed with said shaft, said shaft having a bore formed therethrough, said bore having a centrally registered axis oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal length of said shaft; and a deformably resilient spring member interfitted within said hollow interior of said barrel lock, said spring member having a bottom end abutted directly against said bottom end of said barrel lock and further having a top end extending upwardly and away from said bottom end thereof, said top end of said spring member being abutted directly against a bottom end of said piston when said piston is interfitted within said barrel lock. 3. The fishing pole and binoculars support apparatus of claim 2, wherein said barrel lock further comprises: a pair of apertures formed in diametrically opposed outer surfaces of said barrel lock, said respective apertures being located adjacent to said top end of said barrel lock, each of said apertures aligning with said bore when said piston is interfitted within said barrel lock such that said shock cord is simultaneously penetrated through said apertures and said bore respectively, said barrel lock being slidably adjusted along a longitudinal length of said shock cord during operating conditions; wherein said spring member exerts a force against said bottom end of said piston and thereby causes said apertures and said bore to prohibit said barrel lock from prematurely and undesirably sliding along said longitudinal length of said shock cord during operating conditions. 4. A portable fishing pole and binoculars support apparatus for assisting a user to support an existing fishing pole and an existing binoculars on a user body while allowing user hands to remain unencumbered, said fishing pole and binoculars support comprising: a flexible shock cord having adjacently disposed first and second ends respectively, wherein said shock cord further comprises a cable crimp directly attached thereto such that a loop is formed in a medial portion of said shock cord; a substantially S-shaped holder removably secured to said shock cord, said holder being formed from rigid and durable material such that said holder maintains a fixed shape during operating conditions, said holder comprises a deformably resilient and cushioned material statically affixed to an inner surface of a selected curved portion of said holder, said cushioned material for being abutted directly against an existing object interfitted within said selected curved portion such that said cushioned material prohibits at least one of the existing fishing pole and the existing binoculars from prematurely and undesirably exiting said holder during operating conditions, wherein another curved portion of said holder is attached to said loop of said shock cord such that said loop is interfitted within said another curved portion and thereby maintains said cushioned material of said selected curved portion in an upwardly facing position during operating conditions; an audible signaling device attached to said shock cord, wherein said audible signaling device comprises a whistle, said whistle comprising: a female part directly attached to said first and second ends respectively of said shock cord, and a male part permanently attached to said female part, wherein said male part and said female part are employed as desired by the user to generate a whistling sound; and means for adjustably attaching said apparatus about a user neck during operating conditions, said attaching means being slidably attached to said shock cord. 5. The fishing pole and binoculars support apparatus of claim 4, wherein said means for adjustably attaching comprises: a cylindrical barrel lock having an open top end and a closed bottom end respectively, said barrel lock having a hollow interior; a piston having a shaft removably interfitted within said hollow interior of said barrel lock, said piston being provided with a top end having a diameter that is equal to a diameter of said barrel lock, said top end being monolithically formed with said shaft, said shaft having a bore formed therethrough, said bore having a centrally registered axis oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal length of said shaft; and a deformably resilient spring member interfitted within said hollow interior of said barrel lock, said spring member having a bottom end abutted directly against said bottom end of said barrel lock and further having a top end extending upwardly and away from said bottom end thereof, said top end of said spring member being abutted directly against a bottom end of said piston when said piston is interfitted within said barrel lock. 6. The fishing pole and binoculars support apparatus of claim 5, wherein said barrel lock further comprises: a pair of apertures formed in diametrically opposed outer surfaces of said barrel lock, said apertures being located adjacent to said top end of said barrel lock, each of said apertures aligning with said bore when said piston is interfitted within said barrel lock such that said shock cord is simultaneously penetrated through said apertures and said bore respectively, said barrel lock being slidably adjusted along a longitudinal length of said shock cord during operating conditions; wherein said spring member exerts a force against said bottom end of said piston and thereby causes said apertures and said bore to prohibit said barrel lock from prematurely and undesirably sliding along said longitudinal length of said shock cord during operating conditions. 7. A method for supporting an existing fishing pole and existing binoculars on a user body while allowing user hands to remain unencumbered, said method comprising the steps of: a. providing a flexible shock cord having adjacently disposed first and second ends respectively, said shock cord further comprises a cable crimp directly attached thereto such that a loop is formed in a medial portion of said shock cord; b. securing a substantially S-shaped holder to said shock cord, said holder being formed from rigid and durable material such that said holder maintains a fixed shape during operating conditions, wherein the step of securing a substantially S-shaped holder to said shock cord comprises the steps of: i. statically attaching a deformably resilient and cushioned material to an inner surface of a selected curved portion of said holder, ii. abutting said cushioned material directly against at least one of the existing fishing pole and the existing binoculars interfitted within said selected curved portion such that said cushioned material prohibits the at least one of the fishing pole and the existing binoculars from prematurely and undesirably exiting said holder during operating conditions, iii. attaching another curved portion of said holder to said loop of said shock cord such that said loop is interfitted within said another curved portion and thereby maintains said cushioned material of said selected curved portion in an upwardly facing position during operating conditions; c. attaching an audible signaling device to said shock cord, wherein the step of attaching an audible signaling device to said shock cord comprises the steps of: i. directly attaching a whistle to said first and second ends respectively of said shock cord, said whistle comprising a female part directly attached to said first and second ends respectively of said shock cord and a male part permanently attached to said female part, wherein said male part and said female part are employed as desired by the user to generate a whistling sound, and ii. employing said whistle when desired by the user and thereby generating a whistle sound; d. positioning said apparatus about the user's neck during operating conditions; and e. positioning at least one of the existing fishing pole and the existing binoculars within said holder. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein step d. comprises the steps of, i. providing a cylindrical barrel lock having an open top end and a closed bottom end respectively, said barrel lock having a hollow interior; ii. interfitting a piston provided with a shaft within said hollow interior of said barrel lock, said piston being provided with a top end having a diameter that is equal to a diameter of said barrel lock, said top end being monolithically formed with said shaft, said shaft having a bore formed therethrough, said bore having a centrally registered axis oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal length of said shaft; iii. interfitting a deformably resilient spring member within said hollow interior of said barrel lock, said spring member having a bottom end abutted directly against said bottom end of said barrel lock and further having a top end extending upwardly and away from said bottom end thereof; and iv. abutting said top end of said spring member directly against a bottom end of said piston when said piston is interfitted within said barrel lock. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein step d. further comprises the steps of: v. providing a pair of apertures formed in diametrically opposed outer surfaces of said barrel lock, said apertures being located adjacent to said top end of said barrel lock; vi. aligning each of said apertures with said bore when said piston is interfitted within said barrel lock such that said shock cord is simultaneously penetrated through said apertures and said bore respectively; vii. positioning said barrel lock along a longitudinal length of said shock cord during operating conditions; and viii. prohibiting said barrel lock from prematurely and undesirably sliding along said longitudinal length of said shock cord during operating conditions.