ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,440, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Thule Sweden AB (Hillerstorp, Sweden).

"Fishing equipment carrier" was invented by Calvin Champa (Harwinton, Conn.), Daniel Wesolowski (North Creek, N.Y.) and Johan Larsson (Jonkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fishing equipment carriers include a rod housing and a support coupled to the rod housing. The support defines an aperture configured to receive a fishing rod therethrough."

The patent was filed on March 28, 2025, under Application No. 19/093,407.

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