Patent ID: 7533484
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing rod, comprising: a base; a tip end; a coil spring provided between the base and the tip end as a continuously formed wire structure having a compound axis of symmetry for the coil spring relative to the base and the tip end, the coil spring having a central bore with a first axis of symmetry spaced laterally from and aligned along a second axis of symmetry for adjacent portions of the base and the tip end and extending between opposed ends of the coil spring and configured to receive and guide a fishing line through the bore, the rod supported by the handle at the base, and the base and tip end cooperating to provide a longitudinally extending, non-looping rod, the coil spring having a proximal end winding and a distal end winding, one of the proximal end winding and the distal end winding communicating with the adjacent portion of one of the base and the tip end respectively and having an outer mating surface; and an end winding closing segment having a longitudinal axis which extends along a length of the coil spring and a receiving surface engaging with the outer mating surface of the one of the proximal end winding and the distal end winding which retains the end winding closing segment to span the one of the proximal end winding and the distal end winding to close the one of the proximal end winding and the distal end winding to prevent wrapping of the fishing line within windings of the coil spring. wherein the longitudinal axis of the end winding closing segment is non-coincident with a longitudinal axis of the coil spring.