ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,256, issued on July 22.
"Fishing rod holder" was invented by Yuerui Xu (Jieyang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing rod holder includes a bottom plate, a plurality of blocking plates, and a plurality of clamping components. The plurality of blocking plates and the plurality of clamping components are all arranged on an identical surface of the bottom plate. One clamping component is provided corresponding to one blocking plate. One end of the clamping component is close to the corresponding blocking plate and is movable away from the corresponding blocking plate under an external force. When the end of the clamping compon...