Fishing rod having fitting mounted on rod body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9713322-B2
Application number	US-201514627219-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2015
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

One object of the present invention is to provide a fishing rod wherein a fitting can be stably and securely fixed on a rod body with a mounting thread and cracking in a resin layer is less visible to a user. A fishing rod according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a rod body, a fitting mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the rod body via a mounting portion of the fitting, and a thread-like part-fixing member wound around the mounting portion and the rod body across a predetermined width in an axial direction of the rod body. On the surface of the part-fixing member is provided a cover member which may be opaque.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fishing rod comprising:
a rod body;
a sheet member including a first region and a second region and fixed on an outer circumferential surface of the rod body via the first region;
a fitting including a mounting portion placed on a surface of the first region of the sheet member;
a thread-like part-fixing member comprising threads wound around the mounting portion and the rod body; and
a resin layer coating the part-fixing member and the sheet member,
wherein the sheet member is bent at a border between the first region and the second region such that a first portion of threads from the part-fixing member is provided in front of a bend of the sheet member and that the second region covers a surface of a second portion of threads of the part-fixing member such that the second portion of threads is provided between the first region and second region of the sheet member.

2. The fishing rod of claim 1 wherein at least the first region of the sheet member is soaked with an adhesive or a resin.

3. The fishing rod of claim 1 wherein the sheet member is placed such that the second region covers an entire region where the part-fixing member overlaps the mounting portion in a planar view.

4. The fishing rod of claim 1 wherein the fitting is a line guide.

5. The fishing rod of claim 1 wherein the fitting is a reel seat.

6. The fishing rod of claim 1 wherein the sheet member is constituted by an isotropic film or randomly oriented fibers.

7. The fishing rod of claim 1 further comprising a thread-like cover-fixing member wound around the sheet member and the rod body.

8. The fishing rod of claim 1 wherein the sheet member is opaque.

9. A method of fabricating a fishing rod, comprising the steps of:
placing a sheet member including a first region and a second region such that the first region is on an outer circumferential surface of a rod body;
placing a fitting including a mounting portion such that the mounting portion is on a surface of the first region of the sheet member;
winding a thread-like part-fixing member around the mounting portion and the rod body;
bending the sheet member at a border between the first region and the second region such that the second region covers a surface of the part-fixing member, and
providing a resin layer so as to coat the part-fixing member and the sheet member,
wherein the winding of the thread-like part-fixing member and the bending the sheet member include providing a first portion of threads from the part-fixing member in front of a bend of the sheet member and a second portion of threads between the first region and second region of the sheet member.

Assignees

• Globeride Inc

Inventors

• Yamamoto Hirokazu
• Kawamura Takuji

Classifications

• A01K87/00 Primary

  Fishing rods · CPC title

• Y10T29/49888

  Subsequently coating · CPC title

• A01K87/06

  Devices for fixing reels on rods · CPC title

• A01K87/04 Primary

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