Fishing rod

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11576359-B2
Application number	US-201816765955-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2018
Priority date	Dec 5, 2017
Publication date	Feb 14, 2023
Grant date	Feb 14, 2023

Abstract

A fishing rod includes a grip tube 2 on a rear side of a reel seat 1 having a cylindrical shape, and the grip tube 2 is hard. The grip tube 2 includes a first grip portion 20 having a large diameter and forming at a front part of the grip tube 2, a second grip portion 22 having a large diameter and forming at a rear part of the grip tube 2, and a small-diameter portion 21 forming at between the first grip portion 20 and the second grip portion 22. A corner portion 23 is formed at between the first grip portion 20 and the small-diameter portion 21. The small-diameter portion 21 has a concave curved shape decreasing in diameter rearward at the front part of the small-diameter portion 21 which adjacent to the corner portion 23.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fishing rod extending from a forward side to a rear side, the fishing rod comprising,
a rod body;
a reel seat attached to the rod body;
a grip tube provided on the rear side of the reel seat, the grip tube is separatable from the rod body, the grip tube contacting the reel seat at the rear side thereof and extended to reach a rear end of the fishing rod, the rear end of the grip tube configured to be attached to a tail plug, wherein the grip tube consists of:
a first grip portion having a first outside surface, and a first inside surface to form a first single hollow extending inside the first grip portion, the first outside surface forming a first tapered portion such that the first outside surface has a diameter gradually decreased toward the rear side and the first inside surface has a diameter gradually decreased toward the rear side;
a second grip portion provided away from the first grip portion and at the rear side of the first grip portion, the second grip portion having a second outside surface and a second inside surface to form a second single hollow extending inside the second grip portion, the second outside surface forming a second tapered portion such that the second outside surface has a diameter gradually increased toward the rear side and the second inside surface has a diameter gradually increased toward the rear side; and
a small-diameter portion provided between the first grip portion and the second grip portion, the small-diameter portion having a part having a third outside surface and a third inside surface, the third outside surface has a diameter smaller than the first outer diameter and the second outer diameter, and

a supporting body at the forward side inside the first grip portion, the supporting body contacting the reel seat or extending from the reel seat toward the rear side,
wherein the first grip portion, the second grip portion and the small-diameter portion are integrally formed as a single body,
wherein the rod body is extended to the rear side of the reel seat to pass through the first grip portion and be connected to the third inside surface,
wherein the first single hollow extends throughout inside the first grip portion from the supporting body to the small-diameter portion.

2. The fishing rod according to claim 1 , wherein the small-diameter portion includes a straight portion, the diameter of the small-diameter portion at the straight portion is constant.

3. The fishing rod according to claim 2 , wherein the rod body is connected to the straight portion.

4. The fishing rod according to claim 1 , wherein the rod body comprises:
a main body extending at the forward side of the reel seat; and
a joint body connected to the main body, the joint body extending at the rear side of the real seat such that the main body, the reel seat and the joint body are in this order,
wherein the joint body is connected to the small-diameter portion.

5. The fishing rod according to claim 1 , wherein the rod body has an end at the rear side, the end locating in the inside of the small-diameter portion.

6. The fishing rod according to claim 1 , further comprising a tail plug attached to the grip tube, the rod body is connected to the tail plug.

7. The fishing rod according to claim 1 , wherein the rod body is made of a fiber-reinforced resin.

8. The fishing rod according to claim 1 , further comprising a supporting body at the forward side inside the first grip portion.

9. The fishing rod according to claim 8 , wherein the reel seat comprising a recessed portion therein, the recessed portion communicating with the first single hollow through an inner space provided in the supporting body.

10. The fishing rod according to claim 1 , wherein the part forms a third tapered portion such that the third inside surface has a diameter gradually decreased toward the rear side,
wherein the small-diameter portion further comprises a third hollow,
wherein the third hollow communicates with the first single hollow.

Assignees

• Shimano Kk

Inventors

• Iwata Soshi
• Tashiro Wataru
• Takahashi Hironori

Classifications

• A01K87/08 Primary

  Handgrips · CPC title

• A01K87/02 Primary

  Connecting devices for parts of the rods · CPC title