US 12,185,704 B2
Fishing rod
Kiyohiko Matsumoto, Sakai (JP); and Takahiro Yamanaka, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to Shimano Inc., Sakai (JP)
Filed by Shimano Inc., Sakai (JP)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,145.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-092247 (JP), filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378028 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 87/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 87/00 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A fishing rod comprising:
a rod body having a first generally cylindrical part comprised of wound, cured prepreg sheet of fiber-reinforced resin,
wherein the first generally cylindrical part has one or more diameters along an axial direction thereof and a wall portion recessed in the axial direction into a larger-diameter portion of the first generally cylindrical part, the wall portion defined by a concave outer surface and a convex inner surface, the concave outer surface being recessed toward a rod tail side in the axial direction, the convex inner surface protruding convexly along the concave outer surface toward the rod tail side in the axial direction, the concave outer surface and the convex inner surface extending circumferentially around the larger-diameter portion.