Adjustable butt and reel seat for a fishing rod
AssigneeWinthrop Tackle
InventorFrederick J. Malcarne
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Abstract
An adjustable fishing rod butt includes a first elongate member hingeably attached to a second elongate member. The first elongate member includes an opening on a bottom surface thereof extending at least into an interior thereof, and an alignment locking member secured about the opening on the bottom surface thereof. The alignment locking member includes an opening coaxially aligned with the opening in the first elongate member. The second elongate member includes an adjustable reel seat portion on an upper surface, and an angle positioning arm extending from a bottom surface and oriented to be received by the openings in the first elongate member and the alignment locking member. A locking pin locks the angle positioning arm to provide the butt with a specific angular relationship.
Claims20
An adjustable fishing rod butt for use with a fishing reel and a rod blank, comprising:
- a first elongate member comprising an opening on a bottom surface thereof extending at least into an interior of the first elongate member, and an alignment locking member secured about the opening on the bottom surface thereof, wherein the alignment locking member comprises an opening coaxially aligned with the opening in the first elongate member, and a locking pin opening in sidewalls of the alignment locking member configured to receive a locking pin;
- a second elongate member comprising an adjustable reel seat portion on an upper surface, and an angle positioning arm extending from a bottom surface and oriented to be received by the openings in the first elongate member and the alignment locking member, wherein the angle positioning arm comprises a plurality of alignment openings serially arranged along a length of the angle positioning arm, wherein each of the plurality of openings corresponds to a different angular relationship between the first and second elongate members, and wherein the locking pin locks the angle positioning arm and the first and second elongate members at a specific angular relationship defined by a selected one of the openings in the angle positioning arm;
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- a hinge coupling the first elongate member to the second elongate member.
An adjustable fishing rod butt for use with a fishing reel and a rod blank, comprising:
- a first elongate member comprising an opening on a bottom surface thereof extending at least into an interior of the first elongate member, and an alignment locking member secured about the opening on the bottom surface thereof, wherein the alignment locking member comprises an opening coaxially aligned with the opening in the first elongate member, and a locking pin opening in sidewalls of the alignment locking member configured to receive a locking pin;
- a second elongate member comprising an adjustable reel seat portion on an upper surface, and an angle positioning arm extending from a bottom surface and oriented to be received by the openings in the first elongate member and the alignment locking member upon articulation of the second elongate member relative to the first elongate member, wherein the angle positioning arm comprises a plurality of alignment openings serially arranged along at least a portion of a length of the angle positioning arm, wherein each of the plurality of openings corresponds to a different angular relationship between the first and second elongate members, and wherein the locking pin locks the angle positioning arm and the first and second elongate members at a specific angular relationship defined by a selected one of the openings in the angle positioning arm;
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- a hinge coupling the first elongate member to the second elongate member, wherein the hinge comprises a u-shaped portion at a terminal end of a selected one of the first or the second elongate member and a tongue portion at a terminal end of the other one of the first or the second elongate member, the u-shaped portion and the tongue portion comprising coaxially aligned openings, wherein the tongue portion is configured to fit within the u-shaped opening portion;
- and a hinge pin in the openings including a head and a shaft extending from the head including a threaded terminal portion, wherein at least one of the openings in the u-shaped portion includes a threaded portion configured to receive the threaded terminal portion of the hinge pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.