Patent Application
20180146651
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The disclosure and prior art relates to heating devices and more particularly pertains to a new heating device for heating a handle of a fishing rod.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a fishing rod that has a handle and a reel mount. A heating unit is coupled to the fishing rod. The heating unit is in thermal communication with the handle such that the heating unit heats the handle when the heating unit is turned on. In this way the heating unit inhibits hands from getting cold when the fishing rod is manipulated.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A heating unit 22 is provided and the heating unit 22 is coupled to the fishing rod 12. The heating unit 22 is in thermal communication with the handle 14 such that the heating unit 22 heats the handle 14 when the heating unit 22 is turned on. In this way the heating unit 22 inhibits hands from getting cold when the fishing rod 12 is manipulated.
The heating unit 22 comprises a button 24 that is coupled to the fishing rod 12 and the button 24 may be manipulated. The button 24 may be positioned on the reel mount 16. A heating coil 26 is wrapped around the handle 14. The heating coil 26 is positioned between the handle 14 and the grip 20 such that the heating coil 26 is in thermal communication with the grip 20. The heating coil 26 extends between the reel mount 16 and the distal end 18 and the heating coil 26 heats the grip 20 when the heating coil 26 is turned on. The heating coil 26 may be an electric heating coil 26 with an operational temperature ranging between approximately 80 degrees Fahrenheit and 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
A first contact 28 is positioned within the handle 14 and the first contact 28 is electrically coupled to the button 24. A cap 30 is removably coupled to the handle 14 and the cap 30 is positioned on the distal end 18 of the handle 14. The cap 30 may threadably engage the handle 14 or the like thereby retaining the cap 30 on the handle 14. A second contact 32 is coupled to the cap 30 such that the contact is positioned within the handle 14 when the cap 30 is positioned on the distal end 18.
A power supply 34 is positioned within the handle 14 and the power supply 34 is electrically coupled to the button 24. The power supply 34 comprises at least one battery 36. The at least one battery 36 is electrically coupled between the first contact 28 and the second contact 32 when the cap 30 is positioned on the handle 14.
In use, the button 24 is manipulated to turn the heating coil 26 on. The heating coil 26 heats the grip 20 and the grip 20 transfers heat from the heating coil 26 to a user's hands when the grip 20 is grip 20 ped. In this way the heating coil 26 keeps the user's hands warm when the user is grip 20 ping the handle 14. The cap 30 is removed and the at least one battery 36 is changed when the at least one battery 36 is dead.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
