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US 9,844,213 B1Granted
Fishing rod handle
OwnerEric Olseninventor
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Abstract
Handles, apparatus devices, and methods for clamping and using an extra handle onto fishing rods that provides enhanced leverage while holding the existing elongated handle on the rod between clamps on the extra handle, as well as being used for carrying the rod before and after it is being used. The extra handle has bent member between two clamp ends with an inner generally wide flat smooth face, and lower and upper smooth perimeter edge surfaces, that provide a comfortable surface against the back of the hand of the fisherman and helps provide leverage to the fisherman while fishing with the rod and carrying the rod before and after use.
Claims15
An attachable handle for fishing rods, comprising:
- a first clamp having a first upper member attachable to a first lower member and forming a first vertical plane passing through all of the first upper member and all of the first lower member, with a first central axis formed between the first upper member and the first lower member, the first central axis running perpendicular to the first vertical plane;
- a second clamp having a second upper member attachable to a second lower member and forming a second vertical plane passing through all of the second upper member and all of the second lower member, with a second central axis formed between the second upper member and the second lower member, the second central axis running perpendicular to the second vertical plane, and wherein the first clamp and the second clamp are parallel to one another, and the first central axis and the second central axis are in a straight line with one another;
- a first stem portion extending upward perpendicular from the first clamp;
- a second stem portion extending upward perpendicular from the second clamp, the first stem portion and the second stem portion being in a straight line with one another, and in a top view the first clamp and the second clamp form a longitudinal center line with one another;
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- an elongated bent member between an upper end of the first stem portion and an upper end of the second stem portion, the elongated bent member consisting of a lower smooth contiguous edge between the first stem portion and the second stem portion without finger indentations, and the bent member consisting of an upper smooth contiguous edge between the first stem portion and the second stem portion, the bent member consisting of a generally wide and smooth front side face surface and a generally wide and smooth rear side face surface, the bent member continuously bending in one direction along the front side face between the first stem portion and the second stem portion, the bent member is bent sideways at a first angle to the perpendicular first stem portion and at a second angle to the perpendicular second stem portion so the bent member is not directly over the straight line formed between the first stem portion and the second stem portion, the second angle being larger than the first angle, wherein the first clamp and the second clamp are attachable about an existing straight elongated handle on a fishing rod, wherein the bent member with the continuously bending front side face between the first stem portion and the second stem portion, without the finger indentations is adaptable to allow a hand of a fisherman to have greater leverage and a comfortable fit when gripping the elongated handle on the fishing rod, and in the top view the first stem portion and the second stem portion overlap with the longitudinal center line between the first clamp and the second clamp, wherein the elongated bent member curves to one side away from the longitudinal center line.
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A method for using a handle with a fishing rod, comprising the steps of:
- providing a fishing rod with a reel attached to the rod, and a rearwardly extending straight handle;
- providing a first clamp with a first stem portion extending upward perpendicular from the first clamp, the first clamp having a first upper member attachable to a first lower member and forming a first vertical plane, with a first central axis formed between the first upper member and the first lower member, the first central axis being perpendicular to the first vertical plane;
- providing a second clamp with a second stem portion extending perpendicular upward from the second clamp, the second clamp having a second upper member attachable to a second lower member and forming a second vertical plane, with a second central axis formed between the second upper member and the second lower member, the second central axis being perpendicular to the second vertical plane, the first clamp and the second clamp being parallel to one another, and the first central axis and the second central axis are in a straight line with one another, the first stem portion and the second stem portion being in a straight line with one another, and in a top view the first clamp and the second clamp form a longitudinal center line with one another;
- providing an elongated bent member between an upper end of the first stem portion and an upper end of the second stem portion, the elongated bent member consisting of a lower smooth perimeter edge between the first stem portion and the second stem portion without any finger indentations, and the elongated bent member consisting of an upper smooth perimeter edge between the first stem portion and the second stem portion, the elongated bent member is bent sideways at a first angle to the perpendicular first stem portion and at a second angle to the perpendicular second stem portion so that the bent member is not directly over the straight line formed between the first stem portion and the second stem portion, the second angle being larger than the first angle;
- clamping the first clamp and the second clamp about the rearwardly extending straight handle of the fishing rod;
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- gripping a portion of the handle end of the fishing rod between the first clamp and the second clamp to increase leverage while fishing with the fishing rod;
- providing the bent member with a generally wide and smooth front side face surface and a generally wide and smooth rear side face surface;
- providing the bent member the bent member with a continuous bend in one direction along the front side face between the first stem portion and the second stem portion;
- attaching the first clamp and the second clamp about an existing straight elongated handle on a fishing rod, wherein the bent member with the continuously bending front side face between the first stem portion and the second stem portion, without the finger indentations is adaptable to allow a hand of a fisherman to have greater leverage and a comfortable fit when gripping the elongated handle on the fishing rod, and in the top view the first stem portion and the second stem portion overlap with the longitudinal center line between the first clamp and the second clamp, wherein the elongated bent member curves to one side away from the longitudinal center line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.