Patent Application
20240349709
The present application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2021-190437 (filed on Nov. 24, 2021), the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
The present invention relates to a reel seat grip member, a reel seat grip structure, and a fishing rod comprising any one of a reel seat grip member and a reel seat grip structure.
In the related art, various fishing rods each including a fishing rod reel seat and a grip have been known.
In such a fishing rod, a fishing rod reel seat and a fishing rod grip are usually placed on a rod body, and a reel leg placing portion for placing a reel leg on an upper side or a lower side of a main body is formed on the fishing rod reel seat.
As such a fishing rod, for example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a fishing rod including: a rod body; a cylindrical reinforcing resin layer formed on a circumferential surface of the rod body and having an uneven surface formed on an outer periphery thereof; and a reel seat injection-molded on an outer circumferential surface of the reinforcing resin layer.
In addition, Patent Literature 2 discloses a fishing rod including a rear grip portion on a rear side of a reel seat including a cylindrical reel seat main body having a reel leg placing portion on which a leg portion of a reel is placed, the fishing rod including: a rod main body; and a rear grip rod body in which a rear grip portion is integrally formed by increasing the diameter of a rear portion of a hollow rod body at a diameter change rate larger than a diameter change rate of the rod main body at the time of forming the hollow rod body from a prepreg, in which a rear portion of the rod main body and a front portion of the rear grip rod body are overlapped and joined integrally with each other inside and outside so as to form an overlapping portion having a predetermined length, and at least a part of the overlapping portion is located inside the reel seat main body.
However, in the fishing rod disclosed in Patent Literature 1, since the solid reel seat injection-molded on an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical reinforcing resin layer is disposed on the reinforcing resin layer in the rod body, there is a problem that the weight increases and the size is huge.
In addition, in the fishing rod disclosed in Patent Literature 2, since the rear grip rod body and the reel seat main body are joined to the rod main body, there is a problem that an increase in weight for bonding is unavoidable.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a reel seat grip member, a reel seat grip structure, and a fishing rod that are lightweight, have a compact hood, and have a high degree of freedom in design. Other objects of the present invention will become apparent upon reference to the entirety of the present specification.
A reel seat grip member according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a fairing portion, and a buttock portion connected to the fairing portion. The fairing portion is attached at least one hood of a pair of hoods for fixing a reel leg of which one end is provided on a rod body, and the buttock portion is attached to the rod body via an attachment member of which one end is provided on the rod body.
In the reel seat grip member according to the embodiment of the present invention, the fairing portion is attached to the at least one hood by adhesion, fitting, or mechanical fastening.
In the reel seat grip member according to the embodiment of the present invention, the buttock portion is attached to the attachment member by adhesion, fitting, or mechanical fastening.
In the reel seat grip member according to the embodiment of the present invention, the fairing portion and the buttock portion are fixed to the rod body or fixed to the rod body to be movable.
In the reel seat grip member according to the embodiment of the present invention, in a case where the fairing portion and the buttock portion are fixed to the rod body, the at least one hood and the attachment member are fixed to the rod body by adhesion, fitting, or mechanical fastening.
In the reel seat grip member according to the embodiment of the present invention, in a case where the fairing portion and the buttock portion are fixed to the rod body to be movable, the at least one hood and the attachment member are movable with respect to the rod body in an axial direction of the rod body.
In the reel seat grip member according to the embodiment of the present invention, the at least one hood and the attachment member are movable with respect to the rod body in the axial direction of the rod body such that inner peripheral surfaces of the at least one hood and the attachment member are screwed into an outer peripheral surface of the rod body.
In the reel seat grip member according to the embodiment of the present invention, the fairing portion and the buttock portion are integrally formed by carbon fiber reinforced plastic.
In the reel seat grip member according to the embodiment of the present invention, one or a plurality of notches is formed in a part of the reel seat grip member. In addition, in the reel seat grip member according to the embodiment of the present invention, one or a plurality of honeycomb structures is formed in a part of the reel seat grip member.
A reel seat grip structure according to another embodiment of the present invention comprises any one of the reel seat grip members described above, a pair of hoods for fixing a reel leg provided on a rod body, and an attachment member for attaching the reel seat grip member to the rod body.
A fishing rod according to still another embodiment of the present invention comprises a rod body, any one of the reel seat grip members described above, a pair of hoods for fixing a reel leg provided on the rod body, and an attachment member for attaching the reel seat grip member to the rod body.
According to the above embodiment, it is possible to provide the reel seat grip member, the reel seat grip structure, and the fishing rod that are lightweight, have a compact hood, and have a high degree of freedom in design.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a fishing rod according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the attached drawings. Components common in a plurality of drawings are assigned with the same reference signs throughout the plurality of drawings. It should be noted that each drawing is not necessarily drawn to an accurate scale for the sake of convenience in description.
The rod body 2 is constituted by, for example, connecting a base rod 3, a middle rod 5, a tip rod 7, and the like to each other. These rod bodies are jointed to each other, for example, as an ordinarily jointed type. The base rod 3, the middle rod 5, and the tip rod 7 can be jointed to each other as a telescopic type, an inversely jointed type, a socket-and-spigot jointed type, or any other known joined type. The rod body 2 may be formed of a single rod body.
Each of the base rod 3, the middle rod 5, and the tip rod 7 is formed of, for example, a tubular body made of a fiber-reinforced resin. This tubular body made of a fiber-reinforced resin is formed by winding a fiber-reinforced resin prepreg (prepreg sheet) in which reinforcing fibers are impregnated with a matrix resin around a core metal, and heating and curing the prepreg sheet. As the reinforcing fibers contained in the prepreg sheet, for example, carbon fibers, glass fibers, and any other known reinforcing fibers can be used. As the matrix resin contained in the prepreg sheet, a thermosetting resin such as an epoxy resin can be used. After the prepreg sheet is cured, the core metal is removed. In addition, an outer surface of the tubular body is appropriately polished. Each of the rod bodies may be formed in a solid state.
In the illustrated embodiment, the base rod 3, the middle rod 5, and the tip rod 7 comprise a plurality of the fishing line guides 10 (fishing line guides 10A to 10D) for guiding a fishing line fed from the reel 6 attached to the reel seat 9. More specifically, the base rod 3 comprises the fishing line guide 10A, the middle rod 5 comprises the fishing line guide 10B, and the tip rod 7 comprises the fishing line guide 10C. The tip rod 7 comprises the top guide 10D at a distal end thereof, but details thereof are omitted.
Next, examples of a reel seat main body 12 and the reel seat 9 will be described with reference to
In addition, although not illustrated, the reel seat main body 12 may be formed so as to surround the rod body 2. The reel seat main body 12 can be configured to have a length of 60 to 160 mm, for example, but is not limited thereto. Various forms, dimensions, and shapes other than these are conceivable for the reel seat main body 12, and the reel seat main body 12 is not limited to a specific aspect.
The reel leg placing surface 12a of the reel seat main body 12 can be formed flat or substantially flat, and the reel seat main body 12 illustrated in
The second moving hood (also referred to as a floating hood) 22 is attached to the other end side (rod base side) of the reel seat main body 12 so as to be movable in an axial direction. A second nut portion 23 is provided in order to move the second moving hood 22. Similarly, a first nut portion 15 is provided to move the first moving hood 14 described above. The reel seat main body 12, the first moving hood 14, the second moving hood 22, the first nut portion 15, and the second nut portion 23 may be referred to as the reel seat 9, but details thereof are omitted. As will be described later, a configuration without the reel seat main body 12 is also conceivable.
Here, the reel seat main body 12 can be formed to support the reel leg 6a on the reel leg placing surface of the reel seat main body such that both ends are supported by the first moving hood 14 and the second moving hood 22. On the other hand, there is no reel seat main body 12, and the reel leg 6a may be formed such that both ends of the reel leg 6a is supported by the fixing hood 14 and the moving hood 22.
In addition, in the fishing rod 1 having a reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the reel seat main body 12 on which the reel leg 6a is placed may be formed on the rod body 2. In addition, in the fishing rod 1 having the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the reel seat main body 12 on which the reel leg 6a is placed may be provided between the fixing hood 14 and the moving hood 22 of a pair of hoods 13, and the reel seat main body 12 and the hood 13 may be integrally formed.
Next, the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
The reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises the fairing portion 40 and the buttock portion 50 connected to the fairing portion 40. The fairing portion 40 is attached to at least one hood (first moving hood 14) of the pair of hoods 13 for fixing the reel leg 6a of which one end thereof (an end on a left side of the drawing of
According to the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a reel seat grip member that is lightweight, has a compact hood, and has a high degree of freedom in design. More specifically, different members can be used for the fairing portion and a rear grip (refers to a grip at a rear end of the fishing rod and is similar throughout the present description), and a rod tube portion between the fairing portion and a rear grip portion can be decorated.
In addition, in the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the fairing portion 40 is attached to the at least one hood (first moving hood 14) by adhesion, fitting (for example, fitting by press-fitting), or mechanical fastening (for example, mechanical fastening by fastening or fitting using a screw (a method for mechanically detachably fixing by using a movable rib or the like)). In this manner, it is possible to move the hood and the fairing portion as one member.
In addition, in the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the buttock portion 50 is attached to the attachment member 25 by adhesion, fitting (for example, fitting by press-fitting), or mechanical fastening (for example, mechanical fastening by fastening or fitting using a screw (a method for mechanically detachably fixing by using a movable rib or the like)). In this manner, a sliding portion and an attachment portion are provided at two portions together with a portion sliding on the rod body via the hood on the front side of the fairing portion, and thus, the entire reel seat can be stably fixed to the rod body.
In the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the fairing portion 40 and the buttock portion 50 are fixed to the rod body 2 or fixed to the rod body 2 to be movable. In this manner, it is possible to use reel seat grip members having various grip lengths in accordance with the user's preference.
In the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention, in a case where the fairing portion 40 and the buttock portion 50 are fixed to the rod body 2 (without being movable), the at least one hood 13 and the attachment member 25 are fixed to the rod body by adhesion, fitting (for example, fitting by press-fitting), or mechanical fastening (for example, mechanical fastening performed by fastening or fitting using a screw (a method for mechanically detachably fixing by using a movable rib or the like)). In this case, the first moving hood 14 which is at least one hood 13 serves as the fixing hood, and the fixing hood is fixed without being movable with respect to the rod body 2. In this manner, the fairing portion 40 and the buttock portion 50 are fixed to at least one hood 13 (without being movable) and the attachment member 25 fixed (without being movable) to the rod body 2, respectively, and thus, the fairing portion 40 and the buttock portion 50 can be fixed to the rod body 2 (without being movable). Note that, even though the first moving hood 14 which is at least one hood 13 is used as the fixing hood, since the second moving hood 22 can move back and forth in the axial direction of the rod body 2, the reel leg can be fixed and released.
In the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention, in a case where the fairing portion 40 and the buttock portion 50 are fixed to the rod body 2 to be movable (in a case where both the fairing portion and the buttock portion are fixed to be relatively movable), the at least one hood 13 and the attachment member 25 are movable with respect to the rod body 2 in the axial direction of the rod body 2. In this manner, fixing positions of the fairing portion 40 and the buttock portion 50 to the rod body 2 can be freely set and changed, and operability of the reel seat grip member 20 can be improved. In addition, since the fairing portion and the buttock portion can be fixed at various positions, the degree of freedom in design of the reel seat grip member 20 can be increased.
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In the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the fairing portion 40 and the buttock portion 50 are integrally formed by carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). In addition, continuous fiber (CFRTP), discontinuous fiber (CFRTP), or a hybrid may be used as a material of the reel seat grip member 20. The reel seat grip member is made of such a material, and thus, it is possible to suppress an increase in weight while ensuring sufficient rigidity and strength as the reel seat grip member 20 used for the fishing rod.
A length (longitudinal length) of the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention is 100 to 400 mm.
In addition, as illustrated in
In addition, as illustrated in
The reel seat grip structure 30 according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention described above, the pair of hoods 13 for fixing the reel leg 6a provided on the rod body 2, and the attachment member 25 for attaching the reel seat grip member 20 to the rod body 2. When such a reel seat grip structure 30 is formed to be detachable from the rod body 2, the reel seat grip structure can be attached to various rod bodies 2, and various reel seat grip structures can be selected and attached to the rod body 2. Accordingly, the degree of freedom in design can be greatly improved.
The fishing rod 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises the rod body 2, the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention described above, the pair of hoods 13 for fixing the reel leg 6a provided on the rod body 2, and the attachment member 25 for attaching the reel seat grip member 20 to the rod body 2.
According to the fishing rod according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a fishing rod comprising the reel seat grip member that is lightweight, has a compact hood, and has a high degree of freedom in design. More specifically, different members can be used for the fairing portion and the rear grip portion, and the rod tube portion between the fairing portion and the rear grip portion can be decorated.
The reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured such that the fairing portion 40 surrounds the nut portion 23 in a range of 50% to 80% in a circumferential direction of the nut portion 23 of the second moving hood 22. In this manner, the reel seat grip member can reduce contact of a hand of an angler with the nut portion of the moving hood during operation of the fishing rod to make the nut portion less likely to loosen. It has been found that such a numerical range is required not only in terms of easiness of gripping of the grip portion but also in order to cover the nut portion of the moving hood for tightening (fixing) the reel leg portion such that a hand or a finger does not touch the nut portion when the grip portion is gripped. It has been found that particularly when 50% or more of the nut portion in the circumferential direction is covered with the grip portion at the time of gripping the grip portion with a hand, the grip portion has a high effect of preventing a gripping finger from touching the nut portion of the moving hood.
In addition, the reel seat grip member 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured to extend such that the rod body is surrounded in a range of 20% to 80% in a circumferential direction over the fairing portion 40. With such a reel seat grip member, not only lightweight and compact hood but also a high degree of freedom in design can be achieved, and the weight can be significantly reduced as compared with the related art.
Dimensions, materials, and arrangements of the components described in this specification are not limited to those explicitly described in the embodiments, and the components may be modified to have any dimensions, materials, and arrangements that may fall within the scope of the present invention. In addition, components not explicitly described in the present specification can also be added to the described embodiment, or some of the components described in each embodiment can also be omitted.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-190437 | Nov 2021 | JP | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/JP2022/038346 | 10/14/2022 | WO |
