Patent ID: 8769861

Claim:
A fishing pole comprising: an outer tubular member having a tubular wall defining an axial hole, said tubular wall having a small diameter wall section, a large diameter wall section, and a shoulder between said small and large diameter wall sections; an inner rod member inserted telescopically and axially into said outer tubular member and having an extension portion extending out of said outer tubular member through said small diameter wall section, an enlarged engaging end portion provided at one end of said inner rod member that is opposite to said extension portion, a plurality of angularly spaced-apart openings extending axially from said enlarged engaging end portion toward said extension portion, and a plurality of compressible resilient pawl plates each extending axially between two adjacent ones of said openings, said resilient pawl plates being compressed within said large diameter wall section and frictionally contacting an inner surface of said large diameter wall section; and said inner rod member further has an annular protrusion projecting radially and outwardly from an outer surface of said extension portion, said annular protrusion being abuttable against said shoulder to prevent said inner rod member from moving out of said outer tubular member through said small diameter wall section.