Patent ID: 6029389
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A01K,B25G

Abstract:
A handle for a fishing rod, the handle including a gripping portion, the gripping portion, in use, being arranged to be at least partially surrounded by the third, fourth and fifth phalanges of a hand on the lower side of the gripping portion with a palm of that hand extending over the upper side, the third phalange being arranged to be more towards a forward part of the handle than the fifth phalange, the gripping portion being narrower in cross-section from one side to the other than it is from the upper to the lower side, wherein, in relation to the centre line passing from the rearward to the forward part of the gripping portion, the upper side of the gripping portion, in the rearward to the forward direction extends upwardly relative to the centre line and at a lesser angle to the centre line at a rearward portion than it does at a forward portion and in that, in the rearward to forwards direction, the lower side of the gripping portion extends upwardly relative to the centre line and at a greater angle to the centre line at a rearward portion than it does at a forward portion; said gripping portion including an outwardly extending cusp portion at its forward end arranged to be engaged on its forward side by the second phalange, said cusp portion being sloped towards the handle centerline in the direction of the centerline on the forward side thereof.