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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:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshihiko Yasui, Tondabayashi, JP;
Assignee:
Shimano Inc., Sakai, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43 24 ;
Abstract
A fishing rod comprises a tubular tip section having an inner passage bore through a longitudinal center to opened at both a first end and a second end; a butt section is provided at a second end of the tip section, having a butt grip and a reel seat and a guide element provided intermediate the tip section and the butt section, having an inner bore opening at the first end thereof coupling with the second end of the tip section, and a guide hole section formed with a hole penetrating through an outer wall proximate the tip section second end over an area of the inner bore having a width larger than the inner diameter of said inner passage.