Pole clip

Claim 1

A CLIP FOR RELEASABLY SECURING THE DISASSEMBLED SECTIONS OF A SECTIONAL FISHING POLE IN A COMPACT PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP COMPRISING, A FIRST RELATIVELY LARGE MOLDED PLASTIC SPLIT TUBULAR SHAPED CLAMP ELEMENT, A SECOND RELATIVELY SMALLL MOLDED PLASTIC SPLIT TUBULAR SHAPED CLAMP ELEMENT EQUAL IN LENGTH TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND CLAMP BRIDGING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID FIRST AND SECOND CLAMP ELEMENTS IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, SAID BRIGDING MEANS COMPRISED OF A METAL ELEMENT OF A LENGTH EQUAL TO SAID CLAMP ELEMENTS AND HAVING A CENTER ARCUATE SHAPED PORTION, RELATIVELY SHORT OPPOSITELY EXTENDING FLAT PORTIONS JOINED TO THE ENDS OF SAID ARCUATE FLAT PORARCUATE END PORTIONS JOINED TO THE EXTENDING ENDS OF SAID OPPOSITELY EXTENDING PORTIONS EMBEDDED IN ONE OF THE PORTIONS BEING EMBEDDED IN ONE OF THE SECTIONS OF SAID FIRST PLASTIC SPLIT TUBULAR CLAMP ELEMENTS, AND THE OTHER OF SAID ARCUATE END PORTIONS EMBEDDED IN ONE OF THE SECTIONS OF SAID SECOND PLASTIC SPLIT TUBULAR CLAMP ELEMENT, SPRING BIASED HINGE MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SPLIT TUBULAR CLAMP ELEMENTS, EACH HINGE MEANS COMPRISED OF A FIRST RELATIVELY LARGE COIL SPRING HAVING OPPOSED TERMINAL LEGS POSITIONED WITH ITS LONGTUDINAL AXIS PARALLEL AND SPACED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID SPLIT TUBULAR CLAMP ELEMENT, A SECOND RELATIVELY SMALL COIL SPRING HAVING OPPOSED TERMINAL LEGS SNUGLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID FIRST COIL SPRING, THE OPPOSITE LEGS OF EACH RESPECTIVE COIL SPRING BEING EMBEDDED IN OPPOSED SECTIONS OF THE TUBULAR SPLIT PLASTIC CLAMP ELEMENTS RESPECTIVELY, THE LEGS OF SAID SPRINGS ARRANGED RELATIVE TO SAID SPRINGS AND CLAMP ELEMENTS SO THAT UPON OPENING THE SECTIONS OF THE CLAMP ELEMENT THE DIAMETER OF THE OUTER COIL SPRING CONTACTS AND THE DIAMETER OF THE OUTER COIL SPRING EXPANDS, SAID HINGE MEANS EXERTING FORCE TO MAINTAIN SAID CLAMP ELEMENTS INCLOSED POSITION, HANDLE MEANS ON EACH OF SAID CLAMP ELEMENTS TO FACILITATE OPENING SAME AND HANDLE MEANS COMPRISED OF ADJACENT PROTRUSIONS ON EACH OF THE SECTIONS OF SAID CLAMP ELEMENTS, SAID CLIP WHEN IN USE TO RELEASEABLY SECURE DISASSEMBLED SECTIONS OF A FISHING POLE IN A COMPACT PARALLEL RELATION.