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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. 29, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshiro Yamato, Shimonoseki, JP;
Assignee:
Shimano, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43 22 ; 43 23 ;
Abstract
An improved fishing rod with a reel holding portion having a front hood and rear hood for engaging a pole mount of a reel. The fishing rod comprises a forming portion for the front hood and a forming portion for the rear hood. These forming portions have larger diameters than a rod material and are provided independently from each other. The fishing rod further comprises an entirely exposed intermediate portion defined at a middle portion between the forming portions and having a smaller diameter than both of the forming portions.