Adjustable fishing equipment mount
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a pivotably adjustable fishing equipment mount, particularly embodied with a fishing rod holder that can be swivelled to different angles and fixed at variable positions as per the user requirement. It is attachable to the gunwale of a fishing boat, and capable of being adjusted to different angles. Further, the mount can be moved completely inside the boat while remaining attached to the boat. In one embodiment, the mount flips (or pivots) into the interior of the boat so that the boat can be covered by a boat cover tarp without obstruction.
1. A boat-attachable fishing equipment mount, comprising:
a rigid and generally rectangular-prism-shaped mounting base having a length;
a first fishing equipment holder coupled to the mounting base, the first fishing equipment holder for securely holding a fishing rod thereto;
a first connecting element having a mounting base attaching portion, a pivoting portion, and a first boat mount portion;
the mounting base coupled to the connecting element via the mounting base attaching portion and positioned generally opposite the fishing equipment holder;
the connecting element being coupled to a boat gunwale via the first boat mount portion such that the boat-attachable fishing equipment mount is affixed to the gunwale, and
such that the fishing equipment mount is rotatable through a plane perpendicular to the length of the mounting base so that the fishing equipment mount may be alternatively rotated outside of the boat at a desired angle, or inside the boat such that the fishing equipment mount does not impede a boat tarp when the boat tarp is placed over a boat having the fishing equipment mount installed thereon.
2. A boat-attachable fishing equipment mount, comprising:
a rigid and generally cylindrical mounting base having a length;
a first fishing equipment holder coupled to the mounting base, the first fishing equipment holder for securely holding a fishing rod thereto;
a first connecting element having a mounting base attaching portion, a pivoting portion, and a first boat mount portion;
the mounting base coupled to the connecting element via the mounting base attaching portion and positioned generally opposite the fishing equipment holder;
the connecting element being coupled to a boat gunwale via the first boat mount portion,
such that the fishing equipment mount is rotatable through a plane perpendicular to the length of the mounting base so that the fishing equipment mount may be alternatively rotated outside of the boat at a desired angle, or inside the boat such that the fishing equipment mount does not impede a boat tarp when placed over a boat having the fishing equipment mount installed thereon, and also having
an interlocking member to engage the connecting member at a first desired angle to hold the mounting base member at a pre-defined position.