Tripod fishing rod holder and protective storage tube
View Patent ↗A protective storage tube convertible to tripod fishing rod holder having a strike indicator arm with a slidable trigger is disclosed that has multiple differing ways to establish a select fish strike tension among potential variable fish strike tensions. The protective storage tube has an elongated tubular body which provides an internal hollowed area capable of receiving a fishing rod therein during storage or transport of the protective storage tube. A slidable ring surrounds an external surface of the tubular body and has several externally facing notches and a lock cavity for an elastic cord. Two notches pivotally house an end of a pair of legs which when extended forms a tripod stand with the tubular body. A third ring notch houses a proximal end of a strike indicator arm. The strike indicator arm has slidable trigger that includes an upwardly extending finger hook for releasable engagement with one of a plurality of fishing line guide eyelets of a fishing rod. The engagement structure achieves in multiple ways an adjustable and select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions that when released provides a variable snap up of the tripod held fishing rod so as to promote increased instances of a fish lure or bait hook cleanly catching a striking fish. Also, an elastic cord can be wrapped set to either a rear or proximal portion of a tripod held fishing rod handle, the rear wrap setting providing a supplemental strike tension.
1. A protective storage tube convertible to a fishing rod holder with a strike indicator arm comprising:
a tubular body having a proximal section and a distal section, the proximal section having a rear circular opening and a frontal opening therein, the tubular body being elongated and providing an internal hollowed area capable of a reception of a fishing rod therein during storage or transport of the protective storage tube;
a ring having an internal surface surrounding an external surface of the tubular body, the ring having two externally facing notches each housing an end of a leg of a pair of legs, the pair of legs and tubular body capable of forming a tripod stand; and
the ring further having a third externally facing notch housing a proximal end of a strike indicator arm, the strike indicator arm having a slidable trigger capable of being releasably engaged with one of a plurality of fishing line guide eyelets of a fishing rod.
2. The protective storage tube of claim 1 wherein the pair of legs are pivotally movable to a first retracted closed position and a second extended open position.
3. The protective storage tube of claim 1 wherein the ring is slidably adjustable along the tube.
4. The protective storage tube of claim 1 wherein the slidable trigger includes an upwardly extending finger hook capable of a releasable engagement with one of a plurality of fishing line guide eyelets of a fishing rod.
5. The protective storage tube of claim 4 wherein the upwardly extending finger hook of the slidable trigger is capable of a releasable engagement with a select fishing line guide eyelet of a fishing rod to establish a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions.
6. The protective storage tube of claim 1 wherein the strike indicator arm includes an end cap at its distal end and the slidable trigger is capable of an engagement with a select fishing line guide eyelet of a fishing rod at varying distances from the end cap.
7. The protective storage tube of claim 6 wherein the distance of the slidable trigger from the end cap during an engagement with a select fishing line guide eyelet of a fishing rod establishes a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions.
8. The protective storage tube of claim 1 wherein the pair of legs includes a toothed distal end cap.
9. The protective storage tube of claim 1 wherein the strike indicator arm further includes a flag strap capable of being wrapped around the protective storage tube to strap hold the pair of legs in a retracted closed storage position and capable of serving as a free standing flag when the pair of legs and the protective storage tube forms a tripod stand and the slidable trigger of the indicator arm is engaged to a fishing line guide eyelet of a fishing rod.
10. The protective storage tube of claim 1 wherein the tubular body includes one or more of measurement, name, contact information, identity, or advertisement indicia.
11. The protective storage tube of claim 1 wherein the tubular body further includes a second rear opening suited for a cooperative mounting of the tube in a storage position.
12. The protective storage tube of claim 1 wherein the frontal opening of the tubular body defines an anti-chafing slot capable of reception of a fishing line of a fishing rod stored in the hollowed interior of the tubular body during storage or transport of the tubular body.
13. A fishing rod holder with a strike indicator arm comprising:
a tubular body having a proximal section and a distal section, the proximal section having a rear circular opening and a frontal opening therein, the tubular body being elongated and providing an internal hollowed area capable of a reception of a fishing rod therein during storage or transport of the protective storage tube;
a ring having an internal surface surrounding an external surface of the tubular body, the ring having two externally facing notches each of which pivotally houses an end of a leg of a pair of legs, the pair of legs and tubular body capable of forming a tripod stand;
the ring further having a third externally facing notch which pivotally houses a strike indicator arm, the strike indicator arm having a slidable trigger that includes an upwardly extending finger hook capable of releasable engagement with one of a plurality of fishing line guide eyelets of a fishing rod;
the ring further having a lock cavity housing an end of an elastic cord and a fourth notch for releasably housing of either an intermediate catch member or an end-catch member of the elastic cord;
the tubular body, after a tripod stand set-up, being capable of having a fishing rod held in the tripod stand by a frontal portion of a fishing rod handle being set within the frontal opening of the tubular body and a rear portion of the fishing rod handle being inserted through the rear circular opening; and
wherein the elastic cord is capable of being wrapped around either the rear or the frontal portion of a fishing rod handle at, respectively, either a rear or a frontal side of the tubular body, with a releasable setting of either the intermediate catch member or an end catch member of the elastic cord within the fourth notch, the rear wrapping setting thereof being capable of providing a supplemental strike tension during a releasable engagement of the upwardly extending finger hook of the slidable trigger with one of a plurality of fishing line guide eyelets of a fishing rod.
14. The fishing rod holder of claim 13 wherein the upwardly extending finger hook of the slidable trigger is capable of a releasable engagement with a select fishing line guide eyelet of a fishing rod to establish a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions.
15. The fishing rod holder of claim 13 wherein the strike indicator arm includes an end cap at its distal end and the upwardly extending finger hook of the slidable trigger is capable of an engagement with a select fishing line guide eyelet of a fishing rod at varying distances from the end cap.
16. The fishing rod holder of claim 15 wherein the distance of the upwardly extending finger hook of the slidable trigger from the end cap during an engagement with a select fishing line guide eyelet of a fishing rod establishes a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions.
17. A protective storage tube convertible to a fishing rod holder with a strike indicator arm in combination with a fishing rod comprising:
a tubular body having a proximal section and a distal section, the proximal section having a rear circular opening and a frontal opening therein, the tubular body being elongated to provide an internal hollowed area suitable for reception of the fishing rod therein during storage or transport of the protective storage tube;
a ring having an internal surface surrounding an external surface of the tubular body, the ring having two externally facing notches each of which pivotally houses an end of a leg of a pair of legs, the pair of legs and tubular body capable of forming a tripod stand;
the ring further having a third externally facing notch which pivotally houses a strike indicator arm, the strike indicator arm having a slidable trigger that includes an upwardly extending finger hook capable of releasable engagement with one of a plurality of fishing line guide eyelets of the fishing rod;
the ring further having a lock cavity housing an end of an elastic cord and a fourth notch for releasably setting of either an intermediate catch member or an end catch member of the elastic cord therein;
the tubular body, after a tripod stand set-up, being capable of having the fishing rod held in the tripod stand by a frontal portion of a fishing rod handle being set within the frontal opening of the tubular body and a rear portion of the fishing rod handle being inserted through the rear circular opening of the tubular body; and
wherein the elastic cord being is capable of being wrapped around either the rear or the frontal portion of the fishing rod handle at, respectively, either a rear or a frontal side of the tubular body, with a releasable setting of either the intermediate catch member or an end catch member of the elastic cord within the fourth notch, the rear wrapping setting thereof being capable of providing a supplemental strike tension during a releasable engagement of the upwardly extending finger hook of the slidable trigger with one of a plurality of fishing line guide eyelets of the fishing rod.
18. The protective storage tube in combination with a fishing rod of claim 17 wherein the upwardly extending finger hook of the slidable trigger is capable of a releasable engagement with a select fishing line guide eyelet of the fishing rod to establish a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions.
19. The protective storage tube in combination with a fishing rod of claim 17 wherein the strike indicator arm includes an end cap at its distal end and the upwardly extending finger hook of the slidable trigger is capable of an engagement with a select fishing line guide eyelet of the fishing rod at varying distances from the end cap.
20. The protective storage tube in combination with a fishing rod of claim 17 wherein the distance of the upwardly extending finger hook of the slidable trigger from the end cap during an engagement with a select fishing line guide eyelet of the fishing rod establishes a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions.
21. A protective storage tube convertible to a fishing rod holder with a strike indicator arm comprising:
a tubular body having a proximal section and a distal section, the proximal section having a rear circular opening and a frontal opening therein, the tubular body being elongated;
a ring having an internal surface surrounding an external surface of the tubular body, the ring having two externally facing notches each of which pivotally houses an end of a leg of a pair of legs, the pair of legs and tubular body capable of forming a tripod stand;
the ring further having a third externally facing notch which pivotally houses a strike indicator arm, the strike indicator arm having a first means for establishing a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions and a second means for establishing a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions.
22. The protective storage tube of claim 21 wherein the ring further has a lock cavity housing an end of an elastic cord and a fourth notch for releasable setting of either an intermediate catch member or an end catch member of the elastic cord therein, the releasable setting providing a third means for establishing a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions.
23. A protective storage tube convertible to a fishing rod holder with a strike indicator arm in combination with a fishing rod comprising:
a tubular body having a proximal section and a distal section, the proximal section having a rear circular opening and a frontal opening therein, the tubular body being elongated and providing an internal hollowed area capable of a reception of a fishing rod therein during storage or transport of the protective storage tube;
a ring having an internal surface surrounding an external surface of the tubular body, the ring having two externally facing notches each of which pivotally houses an end of a leg of a pair of legs, the pair of legs and tubular body capable of forming a tripod stand;
the ring further having a third externally facing notch which pivotally houses a strike indicator arm, the strike indicator arm having a first means for establishing a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions and a second means for establishing a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions.
24. The protective storage tube of claim 23 wherein the ring further has a lock cavity housing an end of an elastic cord and a fourth notch for releasable setting of either an intermediate catch member or an end catch member of the elastic cord therein, the releasable setting providing a third means for establishing a select strike tension among potential variable strike tensions.