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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2022
Shimano Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kaminou, Osaka, JP;
Kazuma Taniguchi, Osaka, JP;
Shimano Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A guide for a fishing rod includes a rod body, a guide ring configured to have a fishing line inserted therethrough, and a guide frame fixed to the rod body, extending outward in a radial direction of the rod, and holding the guide ring. The guide ring has an outer circumferential groove along an outer circumferential edge positioned on an outer side of a central axis of the guide ring in the radial direction of the rod. The guide frame further has a frame including a ring-shaped wire material holding the guide ring, a supporting leg portion fixed to the rod body and connecting to and supporting the frame, and a first opposing surface of the outer circumferential groove opposing at least a portion of the frame, and a second opposing surface of the frame opposing the first opposing surface, the first and second opposing surfaces having different shapes.