Patent ID: 9480245
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. A telescoping handle for a fishing rod, comprising: a first cylinder having a first diameter; a second cylinder having a diameter greater than that of said first cylinder; a third cylinder having a diameter greater than that of said second cylinder; said first cylinder having a lumen that slidingly receives a butt end of a fishing rod, and said butt end being secured therein; said second cylinder having a lumen that slidingly receives said first cylinder with a small clearance, and said second cylinder adapted to longitudinally slide outwardly in a proximal direction towards a user of said fishing rod to increase a length of said telescoping handle; said third cylinder having a lumen that slidingly receives said second cylinder with a small clearance; said lumen of said third cylinder ensleeves said first cylinder, such that said third cylinder is longitudinally fixed with respect to a longitudinal location of said first cylinder; an annular flange formed in the proximal end of said first cylinder; a flexible and resilient material wrapped around the distal end of said first cylinder to effectively increase the diameter of said distal end, said material recovering its full diameter after being momentarily compressed radially inwardly; a radially inwardly extending annular crimp formed in said second cylinder near a distal end of said second cylinder; said annular flange abuttingly engaging said crimp when said first cylinder is slidingly introduced into said lumen of said second cylinder so that a majority of the length of said first cylinder extends distally out of said lumen when said annular flange abuts said crimp; a cam of cylindrical construction that is inserted into the distal end of said second cylinder until a proximal end of said cam abuts said annular crimp; said cam having a lumen with a diameter that is slightly greater than the external diameter of said first cylinder so that said first cylinder is slideably received within said lumen of said cam; said cam being slideably received within said lumen of said second cylinder so that said cam ensleeves said first cylinder and is ensleeved by said second cylinder so that said first and second cylinders are slideable with respect to one another as long as neither cylinder is rotated substantially, thereby enabling said second cylinder to extend outwardly in a proximal direction towards a user operating said fishing rod to increase the length of said telescoping handle; whereby relative rotation in a first direction causes said cam to lock said first and second cylinders to one another so that further longitudinal sliding is not possible in the absence of extreme longitudinally directed force, and relative rotation in a second direction opposite to the first causes said cam to unlock said first and second cylinders from one another so that further longitudinal sliding is possible with minimal longitudinally directed force.