Patent ID: 6393753
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing rod for alerting when a fish has been hooked, comprising:a) a handle; b) a foregrip extending coaxially from said handle; c) a reel seat extending from said handle to said foregrip; d) a reel replaceably attached to said reel seat; e) a blade extending coaxially from said foregrip to a free end; and f) means for alerting when the fish has been hooked; wherein said means includes a switch that electrically communicates with a power source interface, wherein said power source interface is disposed internally in said handle; wherein said switch is operatively connected to said blade, and closes when said blade is flexed; wherein said switch is a transducer having an output directly proportionate to amount of flexing of said blade; wherein said means further comprises an audio element that has an intensity and is disposed externally on said reel seat, electrically communicates with said switch, and enunciates when said switch is closed for audibly alerting that the fish has been hooked, by virtue of said switch being closed when said blade is flexed by the fish hooked, wherein said intensity of said audio element is directly proportionate to the amount of flexing of said blade, by virtue of said output of said transducer being directly proportionate to the amount of flexing of said blade; and wherein said audio element is a sound chip.