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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Shimano Inc., Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHIMANO INC., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 87/02 (2006.01); A01K 87/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 87/08 (2013.01); A01K 87/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fishing rod includes a grip tubeon a rear side of a reel seathaving a cylindrical shape, and the grip tubeis hard. The grip tubeincludes a first grip portionhaving a large diameter and forming at a front part of the grip tube, a second grip portionhaving a large diameter and forming at a rear part of the grip tube, and a small-diameter portionforming at between the first grip portionand the second grip portion. A corner portionis formed at between the first grip portionand the small-diameter portion. The small-diameter portionhas a concave curved shape decreasing in diameter rearward at the front part of the small-diameter portionwhich adjacent to the corner portion