Rod Patents (Class D22/142)
  • Fishing rod handle
    Patent number: 6629382
    Abstract: A fly fishing assembly includes a rod with an elongated sleeve mounted thereon and a cowl on one end of the sleeve for partially surrounding the rod in the vicinity of the reel to inhibit sliding of the hand of a user from the handle. By providing a flange on the bottom trailing end of the cowl, contact between the little finger of the hand holding the rod and the reel is prevented. Thus, the little finger can be positioned in front of the flange so that the caster can safely use it to lead the proper timing of casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Wye-Yoshi Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Irrgang, Yasuo Yoshida
  • Fishing rod made of composite material and having woody texture and excellent mechanical property
    Patent number: 6383588
    Abstract: A fishing rod consists of a body having a tapered and slender rod body of a composite material. The rod body is covered by a woody layer for providing the body with a woody texture and an excellent mechanical property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventor: Chin-San You
  • Fishing rod structure
    Patent number: 6378238
    Abstract: A fishing rod structure including a handle and a fixing seat disposed on front section of the handle for fixing a line winder. A front end of the fixing seat is formed with a thread section on which a movable seat is screwed for fixing the line winder. A toothed section axially extends from front end of the thread section. A fitting sleeve is fitted in a top section of the movable seat. An abutting member is disposed on a bottom section of the fitting sleeve. The abutting member protrudes from inner circumference of the fitting sleeve to abut against the toothed section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventor: Wu Shiung Lu
  • Fishing rod with marking indicative of species of fish for which rod is designed
    Patent number: 6003263
    Abstract: An improved fishing rod of the type having a substantially cylindrical body with a peripheral surface. The improvement is a mark on the body situated so that the circumference of the fishing rod body with the mark thereon simulates the torso of a selected species of fish, with the mark having markings characteristic of markings on the torso of the selected fish species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Zebco Division of Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: John Michael Thurber, Robert David Bagby
  • Reel seat
    Patent number: 5875581
    Abstract: A reel seat includes a fixed hood for engaging one end of a reel foot, a movable hood for engaging the other end of the reel foot, and a seat base extending between the two hoods and surrounding a rod core in regions of the hoods. The seat base includes a recess in at least one side thereof indented between the two hoods toward the rod core as seen in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the rod core, so that the outer edge defining the recess has a smaller width around a middle portion than portions around opposite ends in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Yasui
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D436646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Oyama, Shigeru Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Kiyota, Teiji Matsubara, Kaname Yamaguchi
  • Bait fish fishing rod
    Patent number: D441420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Inventor: Roy McFarland
  • Fishing rod handle
    Patent number: D509558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: W.C. Bradley/Zebco Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Scott Smith
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D516163
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Inventor: Ming-Yi Lin
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D516665
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Ming-Yi Lin
  • Handle for a fishing rod
    Patent number: D451578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Inventor: Shawn M. Champagne
  • Fishing rod antenna
    Patent number: D454863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: David Edward Hudgeons
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D456875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: G. Loomis, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Rajeff
  • Handle of fishing rod
    Patent number: D460517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: Han-Chi Lu
  • Butt end boot for fishing rods
    Patent number: D466181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: M & C Products
    Inventor: Mark DeSorcy
  • Butt end boot for fishing rods
    Patent number: D466581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: M & C Products
    Inventor: Mark DeSorcy
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D469845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Kaname Yamaguchi
  • Fishing pole lighter
    Patent number: D544144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Inventor: Rong Lin
  • Grip for a fishing rod
    Patent number: D472297
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Hashimoto
  • Fishing rod connector
    Patent number: D546917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Inventor: Ming-Yi Lin
  • Fishing rod handle
    Patent number: D549301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: Don A. Perry
  • Fishing rod connector
    Patent number: D552209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventor: Ming-Yi Lin
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D569945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhito Omura
  • Main body for reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D569946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhito Omura
  • Pole grip
    Patent number: D491999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Inventor: James H. Scott
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D492383
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenji Saraya
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D492384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenji Saraya
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D587338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Akiba, Ryosuke Imai, Kunio Tayama
  • Fishing rod reel seat
    Patent number: D589112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Inventor: Yi-Te Lin
  • Right and left hand fishing pole handle
    Patent number: D499165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Inventor: Kevin S. Jenson
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D593639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Akiba, Ryosuke Imai, Kunio Tayama
  • Knob of handle for fishing reel body
    Patent number: D607532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Wataru Tsutsumi, Takeshi Nagayama
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D607533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ezuka, Ryosuke Imai, Michitaka Kurata
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D607534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Akiba, Ryosuke Imai, Shinya Takizawa
  • Pentagon handle for a fishing rod
    Patent number: D611562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Loop Tackle Design AB
    Inventor: Christer Sjöberg
  • Hexagon handle for fishing rod
    Patent number: D611563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Loop Tackle Design AB
    Inventor: Christer Sjöberg
  • Fishing rod reel seat
    Patent number: D613366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Inventor: Yi-Te Lin
  • Fishing rod grip
    Patent number: D623262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Inventors: James Howard Kress, James Lewis DeVriendt, II
  • Fishing reel knob
    Patent number: D627424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Natsuki Noma
  • Fishing reel knob portion
    Patent number: D627425
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Natsuki Noma
  • Fishing reel knob portion
    Patent number: D628671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Natsuki Noma
  • Reel seat for use on fishing rod
    Patent number: D633592
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhito Omura
  • Reel seat for use on fishing rod
    Patent number: D633593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhito Omura
  • Reel seat for use on fishing rod
    Patent number: D634392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Inventor: Kazuhito Omura
  • Rod end adapter with weight adjusters for a fishing rod
    Patent number: D407791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryuichi Ohmura
  • Slotted hollow handle-butt section for a fishing rod
    Patent number: D407792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Inventor: Steve O. Crooker
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D418194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Oyama, Shigeru Yamamoto, Teiji Matsubara
  • Fishing rod handle with extended butt
    Patent number: D420419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Comfort Grip Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Robert L. Pingel
  • Reel seat for fishing rod
    Patent number: D425170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Fuji Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryuichi Ohmura
  • Fishing rod handle
    Patent number: D428107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignees: Vincent R. Liberato, Rocco Petruzzelli
    Inventors: Vincent R. Liberato, Rocco Petruzzelli