US 12,465,035 B2
Stable telescoping fishing rod protector and method for assembling same
Eric M. Bates, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed by Eric M. Bates, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/196,933.
Prior Publication US 2024/0373834 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 97/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 97/08 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A telescoping fishing rod protector, comprising:
a first tubular section and a second tubular section, wherein the first tubular section fits coaxially inside the second tubular section;
each of the first and second tubular sections comprising an upper tube portion and a lower tube portion;
each of the upper and lower tube portions of the first and second tubular sections comprising a cylindrical wall having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end of the upper tube portion couples to the upper end of the lower tube portion such that the cylindrical wall of the upper tube portion is continuous with the cylindrical wall of the lower tube portion along the upper and lower tube portions;
the upper end of the upper tube portion of the first tubular section having a rim that extends outward to an outer diameter that is greater than a diameter of an opening at the upper end of the upper tube portion of the second tube section; and
the lower end of the lower tube portion of the first tubular section having a plurality of flexible flanges that each have a toe portion that extends outward, relative to the cylindrical wall of the lower tube portion of the first tubular section and perpendicular to an axis of the lower tube portion of the first tubular section when the toe portions are not inside of the second tubular section, and wherein the flexible flanges bend inwards and the toe portions make contact with an inner surface of the second tubular section when the flexible flanges are inside the second tubular section.