Patent ID: 6378240
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A line guide for a fishing rod that includes a rod, the line guide being manufactured at least in part from a metal plate, the line guide comprising:a frame that includes the following parts: front and rear mounting feet mountable to the rod, a circular ring holding part having a center axis that extends in a direction substantially parallel to said fishing rod when the mounting feet are mounted to the rod, a front support leg extending from an apex of the circular ring holding part on a side of the circular ring holding part nearest the rod, the front support leg being connected to said front mounting foot, a height of the front support leg extending between the front mounting foot and the apex of the circular ring holding part, and two rear support legs, each of the two rear support legs extending from any position of said circular ring holding part adjacent an apex of the circular ring holding part on a side opposite the side nearest the rod, the two rear support legs being connected to the rear mounting foot, a length of a rear support leg extending between the rear mounting foot and the circular ring holding part; and a guide ring disposed within said circular ring holding part; wherein each part of said frame is punched unitarily from the metal plate and bent to shape; the length of each of said rear support legs is longer than a total length of said front support leg and said front mounting foot; said front support leg and said front mounting foot are punched out from inside of said rear support legs; the height of said front support leg is no longer than half as long as an outer diameter of said circular ring holding part: an angle formed between the fishing rod and the rear support legs is approximately 30Â°; and a sum of the height of the front support leg and the outer diameter of the circular ring holding part is approximately one half a distance along the fishing rod between the front support leg and the rear mounting foot.