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US 7,007,425 B2Granted
Tangle free fishing pole
AssigneeDaniel E. Morken
InventorsMark R. Maguire, Cynthia A Maguire, Daniel E. Morken, Rebecca L Morken
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Abstract
A fishing pole enhancement kit includes an elongated tube configured to be disposed through at least two fishing line guides and two captivating devices configured to be detachably connected to an end of the elongated tube.
Claims9
A tangle free fishing pole, comprising:
- a fish pole having a plurality of fishing line guides mounted to an exterior surface of said fish pole including a first line guide positioned on a distal end of said fish pole, a second line guide and a third line guide each positioned on said exterior surface apart from said first line guide said fish pole having a first flexibility;
- and
- a fishing line containment apparatus installed through at least two of said plurality of fishing line guides;
- wherein said fishing line containment apparatus, includes:
- an elongated tube disposed through said first line guide, said second line guide and said third line guide, said elongated tube having a second flexibility, said second flexibility greater than said first flexibility;
- and
- two captivating devices each having a shoulder section of larger diameter than an inner diameter of said line guides and a tubular section having raised annular rings connected to said shoulder section, said tubular section adapted to be inserted into an end of said elongated tube, said captivating device having an axial hole there through for the passage of a fishing line one of said two captivating devices detachably connected to an end of said elongated tube, an other of said two captivating devices detachably connected to an other end of said elongated tube, said two captivating devices being in the same plane as said elongated tube.
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A method of enhancing a fishing rod, comprising the steps of:
- providing a fishing rod having a plurality of fishing line guides including a first fishing line guide, a second fishing line guide and a third fishing line guide, said fishing rod having a first flexibility;
- positioning flexible tubing through said second fishing line guide between said first fishing line guide and said third fishing line guide, said flexible tubing having a second flexibility, said second flexibility greater than said first flexibility;
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- removably installing two captivating devices each having a shoulder section of larger diameter than an inner diameter of said line guides and a tubular section having raised annular rings connected to said shoulder section, said tubular section adapted to be inserted into an end of said elongated tube, said captivating device having an axial hole there through for the passage of a fishing line one said captivating device at each of two ends of said flexible tubing, one of said two captivating devices being proximate to said first fishing line guide and another of said two captivating devices proximate to said third fishing line guide, said flexible tubing in contact with said annular rings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.