Patent ID: 9049851
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A detachable line guide ring apparatus mountable to a line guide of an associated fishing rod comprising: a resilient tubular member having a passageway through which fishing line can travel; and an annular retainer member removably securable to a ring of a line guide support of the associated fishing rod, the retainer member adapted to secure the resilient tubular member to the line guide support and line guide ring such that the resilient tubular member is generally coaxial with the line guide ring and extends from a single axial side of said line guide ring; wherein the resilient tubular member includes a conical or semi-conical coil spring including first and second axial ends having respective first and second openings, the passageway extending between said openings, the first opening having a larger diameter than the second opening, and wherein the retainer member includes an annular body having a radially inwardly extending end wall and a tapered surface spaced apart axially from the end wall, the end wall and the tapered surface defining therebetween a circumferential groove configured to receive a portion of the first axial end of the coil spring.