ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,182, issued on March 3.
"Adaptive device for fishing" was invented by Lonn J. Cunningham Sr. (Winona, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various of the disclosed embodiments concern an adaptive device for fishing that has a rod support portion which is adapted to support and retain thereto a fishing rod and a reel support portion which is adapted to support and retain thereto a fishing reel. The rod and reel are mounted apart from each other. A transverse hinge joins the rod support portion and the reel support portion to effect articulated movement therebetween. The rod is configured to be raised and lowered independently of the r...