ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,875, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Patrick Industries Inc. (Elkhart, Ind.).
"Fishing rod holder" was invented by Paul Olliges (Everett, Wash.) and Paul Masato Furrer (Everett, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing rod holder includes a tubular member having an elongate channel portion and a collar portion. The upper end of the channel portion has a U-shaped lip that extends rearwardly and a slot that engages the U-shaped lip. A collar portion extends over the elongate channel. A ramp extends from a bottom end of the elongate channel portion. The tubular member receives a handle end of the fishing rod such that the handl...