Fishing rod with tubular fixing member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9510573-B2
Application number	US-201314345328-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2013
Priority date	Aug 31, 2012
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

According to an embodiment, there is provided a fishing rod with which a fishing line guide that has a leg portion extending in an extension direction of the fishing rod main body can be mounted on a fishing rod main body in a simple manner. The fishing rod includes a rod-shaped fishing rod main body, a fishing line guide including a leg portion arranged on an outer surface of the fishing rod main body and extending along an extension direction of the fishing rod main body, and a tubular fixing member formed of fiber-reinforced plastic, covering the outer surface of the fishing rod main body and the leg portion, and pressing the leg portion toward the outer surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fishing rod comprising:
a rod-shaped fishing rod main body;
a fishing line guide including a leg portion mounted on an outer surface of the fishing rod main body and extending along an extension direction of the fishing rod main body; and
a tubular fixing member configured to accommodate the mounting of the leg portion of the fishing line guide to the fishing rod main body, the tubular fixing member formed of fiber-reinforced plastic with two axially-directed ends that are arranged to cover the outer surface of the fishing rod main body and the leg portion, respectively, and to press the leg portion of the fishing line guide toward the outer surface of the fishing rod main body,
wherein, prior to mounting, at least one end surface of the fixing member axially-directed ends is configured with an incline relative to a plane orthogonal to the axial direction of the fixing member that operates to facilitate the mounting of the leg portion of the fishing line guide to the fishing rod main body, and
wherein, upon mounting, the at least one end surface of the fixing member axially-directed ends deforms to be substantially orthogonal to the axial direction of the fixing member to provide secure mounting of the leg portion of the fishing line guide to the fishing rod main body by minimizing gaps between the outer surface of the fishing rod main body and the inner surface of the tubular fixing member such that the fishing line guide is in contact with the outer surface of the fishing rod main body.

2. The fishing rod according to claim 1 , wherein the end surfaces at both of the fixing member axially-directed ends are inclined in the same direction relative to the plane orthogonal to the axial direction of the fixing member to facilitate secure coverage.

3. The fishing rod according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member is configured to have a member that can be changed from a state of being displaced to an outer side along the radial direction of the fishing rod main body, as an inner surface of the fixing member along the radial direction of the fishing rod main body is subject to a force directed to the outer side to a state of being displaced to an inner side without being thermally contracted as the inner surface is released from the force.

4. The fishing rod according to claim 3 , wherein the fixing member contains a woven fiber extending obliquely with respect to the extension direction of the fishing rod main body.

Assignees

• Globeride Inc

Inventors

• Sugaya Eiji
• Nishikawa Futoshi
• NINOMIYA Michinori

Classifications

• A01K87/04 Primary

  Fishing-line guides on rods {, e.g. tips (internal line guides A01K87/005)} · CPC title

• A01K99/00

  Methods or apparatus for fishing not provided for in groups A01K69/00 - A01K97/00 · CPC title

• A01K87/02

  Connecting devices for parts of the rods · CPC title