Fishing line guide

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9949467-B2
Application number	US-201314345323-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2013
Priority date	Jul 19, 2012
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a fishing line guide that can be manufactured in a simple manner. The fishing line guide according to an embodiment is a fishing line guide mounted on a tip portion of a fishing rod, the fishing line guide including a tubular member where a through-hole extending along an extension direction is formed, a plurality of slits extending while facing each other along the extension direction on an end surface of one end being formed in the tubular member, and a frame member where a through-hole allowing a fishing line to be inserted and guided is formed, a supporting portion engaged with the through-hole and the plurality of slits of the tubular member being formed in the frame member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fishing line guide configured for mounting on a tip portion of a fishing rod, the fishing line guide comprising:
a tubular member having a through-hole extending along an extension direction, the tubular member having a plurality of slits extending along the extension direction on an end surface of one end of the tubular member and positioned so as to face each other, each of the plurality of slits being defined by at least two supporting surfaces that are substantially parallel with the extension direction and face each other, and the tubular member configured to accommodate the tip portion of the fishing rod in its through-hole at an opposite end; and
a frame member having a line-guiding hole and a supporting portion, in which the line-guiding hole is configured to allow a fishing line to be inserted and guided therethrough, and wherein the supporting portion is engaged with the plurality of slits of the tubular member;
wherein the supporting portion includes a plate-shaped first supporting portion and a plate-shaped second supporting portion, the plate-shaped first supporting portion having a first width smaller than an inner diameter of the through-hole of the tubular member that is inserted and accommodated in the through-hole of the tubular member at its one end, the plate-shaped second supporting portion having a part that increases to a second width that is larger than the first width of the first supporting portion and the inner diameter of the through-hole of the tubular member such that the part of the second supporting portion having the larger, second width faces the at least two supporting surfaces of the plurality of slits at least in part, and
wherein movement of the frame member in a direction that is perpendicular to the extension direction is configured to be regulated by the plurality of slits of the tubular member.

2. The fishing line guide according to claim 1 ,
wherein the frame member further comprises:
the second supporting portion being formed in one piece with the first supporting portion; and
a plate-shaped main body portion being formed in one piece with the second supporting portion, extending obliquely with respect to the second supporting portion, and having the line-guiding hole.

3. The fishing line guide according to claim 2 , further comprising an embedded material arranged between an upper surface or a lower surface of the main body portion of the frame member and an end surface of the one end of the tubular member.

4. The fishing line guide according to claim 1 , further comprising a cushioning material arranged between an inner surface of the through-hole of the tubular member and an outer surface of the first supporting portion of the frame member.

5. The fishing line guide according to claim 1 , further comprising a cushioning material arranged between a plurality of supporting surfaces and an outer surface of the second supporting portion of the frame member.

6. The fishing line guide according to claim 1 ,
wherein an upper surface of the second supporting portion and an upper surface of the first supporting portion of the frame member extend in a substantially parallel direction with an inner surface of the through-hole of the tubular member.

7. The fishing line guide according to claim 1 ,
wherein an upper surface of the second supporting portion and an upper surface of the first supporting portion of the frame member extend obliquely with respect to an inner surface of the through-hole of the tubular member.

8. The fishing line guide according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second supporting portion of the frame member has a side surface smoothly connected with an outer surface of the tubular member.

9. The fishing line guide according to claim 1 ,
wherein the tubular member has an inner diameter that increases toward an end surface of its opposite end.

10. The fishing line guide according to claim 1 , wherein the second supporting portion has an abutting surface that abuts against the end surface of the one end of the tubular member.

11. A fishing rod comprising:
a fishing rod main body; and
a fishing line guide mounted on a tip portion of the fishing rod main body, the fishing line guide comprising:
a tubular member having a through-hole extending along an extension direction that extends in a longitudinal direction of the rod, the tubular member having a plurality of slits extending along the extension direction on an end surface of one end of the tubular member and positioned so as to face each other, each of the plurality of slits being defined by at least two supporting surfaces that are substantially parallel with the extension direction and face each other, and the tip portion of the fishing rod main body being inserted into the through-hole from the other, opposite end of the tubular member in the fishing line guide, and
a frame member having a line-guiding hole and a supporting portion, in which the line-guiding hole is configured to allow a fishing line to be inserted and guided therethrough, and wherein the supporting portion is engaged with the line guiding hole and the plurality of slits of the tubular member;
wherein the supporting portion includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion, the first supporting portion having a first width smaller than an inner diameter of the through-hole of the tubular member that is inserted and accommodated in the through-hole of the tubular member at its one end, the second supporting portion having a part that increases to a second width that is larger than the first width of the first supporting portion and the inner diameter of the through-hole of the tubular member such that the part of the second supporting portion having the larger, second width faces the at least two supporting surfaces of the plurality of slits at least in part, and

wherein movement of the frame member in a direction that is perpendicular to the extension direction is configured to be regulated by the plurality of slits of the tubular member.

12. The fishing rod according to claim 11 , wherein the frame member further comprises a main body portion, formed in one piece with the second supporting portion, that extends obliquely with respect to the second supporting portion and has the line-guiding hole therein.

13. The fishing rod according to claim 12 , further comprising an embedded material arranged between an upper surface or a lower surface of the main body portion of the frame member and an end surface of the one end of the tubular member.

14. The fishing rod according to claim 11 , further comprising a cushioning material arranged between an inner surface of the through-hole of the tubular member and an outer surface of the first supporting portion of the frame member.

15. The fishing rod according to claim 11 , further comprising a cushioning material arranged between a plurality of supporting surfaces and an outer surface of the second supporting portion of the frame member.

16. The fishing rod according to claim 11 , wherein an upper surface of the second supporting portion and an upper surface of the first supporting portion of the frame member extend in a substantially parallel direction with an inner surface of the through-hole of the tubular member.

17. The fishing rod according to claim 11 , wherein an upper surface of the second supporting portion and an upper surface of the first supporting portion of the frame member extend obliquely with respect to an inner surface of the through-hole of the tubular member.

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Assignees

• Globeride Inc

Inventors

• Kawamura Takuji
• Nakamura Takuki

Classifications

• A01K87/00

  Fishing rods · CPC title

• A01K87/04 Primary

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