Patent ID: 7913442
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A line guide for a fishing rod, the guide comprising: a circular frame having a substantially cylindrical passageway extending through the frame in a first direction substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis extending the length of the fishing rod; a first roller having a first rotation axis, the first roller rotatably coupled to the frame and rotatable about the first rotation axis in approximately a first plane, wherein the first plane extends through the first axis and is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis such that a normal of the first plane is substantially parallel with the first direction; a second roller having a second rotation axis, the second roller rotatably coupled to the frame and rotatable about the second rotation axis in approximately a second plane, wherein the second plane extends through the second axis and is parallel to and axially offset from the first plane; a third roller having a third rotation axis that is substantially parallel to the first rotation axis, the third roller rotatably coupled to the frame and rotatable about the third rotation axis in approximately a third plane, wherein the third plane extends through the third axis and is parallel to and axially offset from both the first plane and the second plane, respectively; a fourth roller having a fourth rotation axis, the fourth roller rotatably coupled to the frame in a parallel arrangement with the second roller; and a pair of elongated caps, each cap having an arced outer surface substantially continuous with an outer surface of the circular frame and including at least one bearing surface at each end of the cap, each bearing surface configured to rotatably receive a portion of at least one of the rollers such that each cap rotatably receives at least two rollers.