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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Michael Thurber, Tulsa, OK (US);
Robert David Bagby, Tulsa, OK (US);
Assignee:
Zebco Division of Brunswick Corporation, Tulsa, OK (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43 181 ; D221 / ; D221 / ;
Abstract
An improved fishing rod of the type having a substantially cylindrical body with a peripheral surface. The improvement is a mark on the body situated so that the circumference of the fishing rod body with the mark thereon simulates the torso of a selected species of fish, with the mark having markings characteristic of markings on the torso of the selected fish species.