Patent ID: 7111425

Claim:
A battery-operated and illuminable fishing rod accessory in combination with a fishing rod, said fishing rod accessory comprising: a coupling having a cylindrical shape provided with a centrally disposed longitudinal axis registered parallel with a longitudinal length of the fishing rod, said coupling having axially opposed proximal and distal end portions and further having a bore formed in fluid communication with said proximal and distal end portions respectively, said coupling being sized and shaped for securely conjoining to an end portion of said fishing rod distally positioned from at least one annular guide ring of the fishing rod, said coupling including a stop member diametrically positioned therein and extending along an interior surface of said coupling for preventing objects from moving proximally beyond said proximal end portion of said coupling; a switch having a cylindrical shape partially nested within a portion of said coupling, said switch further having an axial bore formed therein and provided with a centrally disposed longitudinal axis registered with the longitudinal axis of said coupling, said switch maintaining a fixed spatial relationship with said coupling during operating conditions and being removable from said coupling during non-operating conditions, said switch further having proximal and distal end portions, said switch comprising a rectilinear finger protruding rearwardly from said proximal end portion of said switch, a rectilinear axle having opposed end portions housed within the bore of said switch and axially registered with said finger, a helical spring member positioned about said axle and being resiliently deformable when said switch is intercalate and abutted against said stop member of said coupling, a power supply source; and an illuminable fixture distally extending away from said power supply source and electrically matable thereto; wherein said power supply source becomes actuated when said finger engages said stop member of said coupling and compresses said helical member to electrically mate said illuminable fixture with said power supply source; a hollow and rectilinear fiber optic filament positioned about said illuminable fixture for directing light distally along a length of said fishing rod accessory; and a fishing rod extension removably positional about said switch in such a manner that a proximal end portion of said fishing rod abuts and maintains continuous contact with said fishing rod, said fishing rod extension and said fishing rod intercalating said coupling and said switch therebeneath so that said coupling and said switch becomes invisible from an exterior of the fishing rod during operating conditions.