ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,118, issued on March 4.

"Fishing pole support assembly" was invented by Antonio Garrido (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing pole support assembly includes a member that is formed into an ovoid shape having each of a pair of ends of the member being spaced apart from each other. The member has a pair of coils each formed into the member and the coils are positioned on opposing sides of the ovoid shape defined by the member. In this way a cup pin of a fishing belt can be extended through each of the pair of coils for attaching the member to a cup of the fishing belt. The member extends beneath a handle...