Fishing pole holder

Claim 1

A FISHING POLE HOLDER FORMED OF A ROD THAT IS SHAPED TO COMPRISE A SHAFT PORTION, THE UPPER END OF THE ROD EXTENDING LATERALLY AWAY FROM SAID SHAFT PORTION AT AN ANGLE OF BETWEEN ABOUT 100* AND ABOUT 120* WITH RESPECT TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID SHAFT PORTION TO FORM A SINGLE BEND WITH SAID SHAFT PORTION, THE FORWARD END OF SAID LATERAL EXTENSION BEING SHAPED TO FORM A SIMPLE CURVED HOOK OPEN AT THE REAR FACING SAID BEND, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID BEND AND THE FARTHEST POINT ON SAID HOOK FROM SAID BEND BEING BETWEEN 3 INCHES AND 4 INCHES, AND SIMPLE CURVED HOOK LYING WITHIN A REFERENCE PLANE AND FOLLOWING AN ARC HAVING A SLIGHTLY LARGER RADIUS THAN THE RADIUS OF THE HANDLE OF A FISHING POLE OF THE TYPE WITH WHICH THE HOLDER IS DESIGNED TO BE USED, SAID LATERAL EXTENSION TERMINATING AT THE OUTER END OF SAID HOOK IN A SHORT UPTURNED POLE-GRIPPING END PORTION EXTENDING AWAY FROM THE OUTER END PORTION OF SAID HOOK AT AN ACUTE ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID REFERENCE PLANE, THE LENGTH OF SAID UPTURNED POLE-GRIPPING END PORTION BEING NO GREATER THAN THE APPROXIMATE DIAMETER OF THE HANDLE OF FISHING POLES OF THE TYPE WITH WHICH THE HOLDER IS DESIGNED TO BE USED, SAID LATERAL EXTENSION FORMING WITH SAID SIMPLE CURVED HOOK, SAID UPTURNED POLE-GRIPPING END PORTION, AND SAID SHAFT PORTION, A MEANS FOR ENCIRCLING A PORTION OF THE FISHING POLE HANDLE, SAID HOOK BEING LATERALLY DISPLACED WITH RESPECT TO SAID SHAFT SO THAT HANDLE OF A FISHING POLE MAY BE SUPPORTED UPON SAID HOOK AS A FULCRUM, WITH THE UPPER END OF THE HANDLE BEING WEDGED AGAINST SAID UPTURNED END PORTION OF THE LATERAL EXTENSION AND THE LOWER END OF THE HANDLE BEING WEDGED, BY THE WEIGHT OF THE UPPER END OF THE FISHING POLE, AGAINST SAID BEND CONNECTING SAID SHAFT PORTION AND SAID LATERAL EXTENSION.