Landing-net holder.

Application filed April 17, 1911. Serial No. 621,601.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, Frank J. Sargent, a citizen of the United States, residing at Medina, in the county of Medina and State 5 of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Landing-Net Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved means for removably holding a landing-net 10 on the back of a fisherman, all substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The use of a landing-net by fishermen may only be called for occasionally, and if 15 carried in the hand or suspended by a flexible cord it is often in the way and apt to interfere with the movements and operations of the fisherman.

Now my concept is to provide a device to ²⁰ support the landing-net on the back of the fisherman where it cannot easily become entangled or be in the way, and furthermore, so that the landing-net may lie flat against the shoulders in a vertical position with the ²⁵ handle projecting downwardly where it may be conveniently and quickly reached when occasion requires. The device is also particularly constructed to permit removal and replacement of the landing-net without un³⁰ necessary delay ot trouble and also to give a measure of adjustability and adaptability of shift or change in position to permit the wearer to have perfect freedom of movement without constraint, particularly at the ³⁵ arms and shoulders. My improvement is also preferably made a detachable portion of the garment for obvious reasons.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is ^a view illustrating a landing-net and ⁴⁰ my device on the back of a fisherman. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a detachable landing-net holder in the form it appears when ready for attachment to a coat or other artide of wearing apparel, and Fig. 3 is a ⁴⁵ similar view but showing the pins closed as when attached. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line », Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line y—y, Fig. 3.

As shown, my improvement comprises a ⁵⁰ clamping member or clip 2 of flat spring metal formed in the segment of a circle and having diverging or flaring free ends 3, whereby a round handle 4 of a landing-net 5 may be removably or replaceably held ⁵⁵ therein. Clip 2 is rotatably mounted or swiveled upon a metal backing plate 6 by a single rivet 7 or its equivalent, and plate 6 has prongs 8 at its edges to crimp or fasten a strip of leather or other flexible material 9 thereto at its front. Strip 9 is of 60 greater length than plate 6 to provide free flexible ends 10 which have a series of openings 11 therein adapted to receive the pointed ends of spring pins 12. Three openings 11 are shown at either side one di- 65 rectly below the other to permit the pin to pass through to the rear of strip 9 and then back to the front and then the rear again to protect the point. Pins 12 are formed of a single piece of wire which is coiled cen- 70 trally between its ends around rivet 7 at a point between strip 9 and back of clip 2. The tendency of the spring coil 14 is to spread axially of the rivet so that clip 2 is more or less frictionally engaged and held 75 against the curved rivet head 15. Backing plate 6 is of advantage in providing a flat and stable seat on garment A and flexible strip 9 or rather its ends 10 are of convenience in attaching and detaching the 80 device by its pins to the garment. However, I may use other fastening means than as shown, as my invention, viewed broadly, comprises a clamping member and supporting means therefor adapted to be secured on 85 the back of a fisherman to hold and grip the handle of a landing-net approximately at or about the waist line, said landing-net being otherwise free to permit bending ' movements without constraint. The land- θθ ing-net is in this manner easily carried and at the same time protected by the body of the wearer in passing through · brush entanglements; and is also easily removed and replaced by either hand. 95

My improved holder is shown in Figs. 3 and 5 as fastened to a portion of a belt A' which may be a part of garment A or separate therefrom.