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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
William A Dille, Maplewood, MN (US);
Wayne E Erickson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403292 ; 43 1 / ;
Abstract
A fishing rod ferrule in which the male and female elements fit within the bore of the adjacent ends of the rod blank. The male element has a cylindrical end fitting within the hollow cylindrical female element and engaging spring fingers formed in the female element. The male element also has an external tapered surface to engage an internally tapered surface on the female element to provide a second point of engagement between the male and female elements, both points of engagement being readily disengageable.