Fishing Rod
AssigneeTrent S. Tate
InventorTrent S. Tate
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Abstract
A fishing rod that includes an elongated, tapered rod blank at least a portion of which is quadrilateral in cross section, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank diminishing in cross-sectional area toward a tip end of the rod blank, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank comprising a sandwich-structured composite of a core disposed between facings, the core less dense than the facings, the quadrilateral portion of rod blank less stiff in a casting direction than transverse to the casting direction; fishing line guides mounted at intervals along the length of the rod blank; a reel seat mounted at the base end of the rod blank; and a handle mounted at the base end of the rod blank adjacent to the reel seat.
Claims19
A fishing rod comprising:
- an elongated, tapered rod blank at least a portion of which is quadrilateral in cross section, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank diminishing in cross-sectional area toward a tip end of the rod blank, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank comprising a sandwich-structured composite of a core disposed between facings, the core less dense than the facings, the quadrilateral portion of rod blank less stiff in a casting direction than transverse to the casting direction;
- fishing line guides mounted at intervals along the length of the rod blank;
- a reel seat mounted at the base end of the rod blank;
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- a handle mounted at the base end of the rod blank adjacent to the reel seat.
A method of manufacturing a fishing rod, the method comprising:
- fabricating a sandwich panel, including fabricating at least two facing sheets and laminating between the facing sheets at least one layer of core material, the core material characterized by less density than the facing sheets;
- cutting the sandwich panel into one or more rod blanks, each rod blank elongated, tapered, and at least partly quadrilateral in cross section, the quadrilateral portion of each rod blank diminishing in cross-sectional area toward a tip end of the rod blank, the quadrilateral portion of each rod blank less stiff in a casting direction than transverse to the casting direction;
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- installing on each rod blank a handle, a reel seat, and fishing line guides,
- wherein fabricating facing sheets further comprises one or more of extruding plastic into facing sheets or laminating plastic facing sheets in even layups and milling the facing sheets into tapers.
A fishing rod blank comprising an elongated, tapered blank at least a portion of which is quadrilateral in cross section, the quadrilateral portion of the blank diminishing in cross-sectional area toward a tip end of the blank, the quadrilateral portion of the blank comprising a sandwich-structured composite of a core disposed between facings, the core less dense than the facings, the quadrilateral portion of blank less stiff in a casting direction than transverse to the casting direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.