Patent ID: 6178685
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing rod capable of securing components of the fishing rod adjacent and generally parallel to one another in a disassembled state, said fishing rod comprising:a first rod component with first and second ends;a second rod component with first and second ends, said second rod component being removably securable to said first rod component to form said fishing rod;said first rod component comprising a butt grip at the first end of said first rod component, a reel seat, a foregrip, a rod extending from the foregrip at the second end of said first rod component, and a receptacle comprising a tube for receiving the first end of said second rod component, the tube being formed integrally with the foregrip and having a longitudinal axis which is non-coincident and parallel with a longitudinal axis of said first rod component;wherein the second rod component may be removably secured in substantially parallel relation to the first rod component for transportation or storage.