ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,883, issued on May 20, was assigned to Bayou City Industries LLC (Houston).
"Fishing rod platforms and methods for the use thereof" was invented by Matthew Bergdahl (Houston) and Caren Bergdahl (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to fishing rod platforms that can be modular and capable of adding functional arms. Benefits of the fishing rod platforms can include a superior device for holding and securing fishing rods to the ground and adding functional arms that allow the fishing rod platform to hold items, such as a cellphone holder, an awning, a cup holder, and other such useful holders."
The pate...