Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Rod
Patent
1995-04-19
2000-02-29
Scherbel, David A.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Rod
43 212, A01K 8700
Patent
active
060293896
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a handle for a fishing rod.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to one aspect of the present invention a handle for a fishing rod includes a gripping portion, the gripping portion being arranged, in use, to be at least partially surrounded by the third, fourth and fifth phalanges of a hand and a palm of that hand characterised in that the dimensions of at least part of the handle increase in a first direction extending from the region associated with the grip provided, in use, by the fifth phalange and palm towards the region associated with the grip provided, in use, by the third phalange and palm.
The handle may be arranged to be used to hold a rod extending from a forward part of the handle with the third phalange being arranged to be more towards the forward part of the handle than the fifth phalange with a part at least of the gripping portion being inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member.
According to a second aspect of the present invention a handle for a fishing rod includes a gripping portion, the handle, in use, being arranged to be used to hold an elongate member extending from a forward part of the handle, the gripping portion, in use, being arranged to be at least partially surrounded by the third, fourth and fifth phalanges of a hand and the palm of that hand with the third phalange being arranged to be more towards the forward part of the handle than the fifth phalange, the handle being characterised in that a part at least of the gripping portion is arranged to be inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the fishing rod.
The dimensions of at least part of the gripping portion may increase in a direction extending away from the forward part of the handle.
The dimensions of the gripping portion extending between the regions arranged to be bounded by the first and third knuckles of the third, fourth and fifth phalanges may increase in the first direction. Alternatively or additionally the gripping portion may be curved or concave in the region bounded by the first and third knuckles of the third, fourth and fifth phalanges and the severity of the curve may decrease in the first direction. Alternatively or additionally, the dimensions of the gripping portion extending between the regions arranged to be bounded by the third knuckles of the third, fourth and fifth phalanges and the palm of the hand may increase in the first direction. Alternatively or additionally the dimensions of the gripping portion may increase in the extent arranged to be between the second knuckles of the third, fourth and fifth phalanges and the palm of the hand in the first direction.
The gripping portion may include an outwardly extending portion in the region of one or both ends of the gripping portion. The or each outwardly diverging or extending portion may be arranged to be contacted by a phalange to resist relative movement of the handle to a hand gripping the handle in one or both directions through the grip.
The gripping portion may also be arranged to be at least partially surrounded by a second phalange. Alternatively or additionally the handle may include a second phalange portion adjacent to the gripping portion with the second phalange and the palm of a hand being arranged to at least partially surround the second phalange portion.
The dimensions of at least part of the second phalange portion may be less than the corresponding dimension of the gripping portion in the region arranged to be at least partially surrounded by the third phalange and the palm. These dimensions which may be less may correspond with the variation in the dimensions of the gripping portion previously referred to.
The handle may also include a raised portion included between the first phalange region and the gripping region. That raised portion may be arranged to be engaged, in use, by the second and third phalange to resist relative movement of the handle through a hand.
The handle may include a first phalange portion or, alternatively or addition
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Newton John Reginald
Stocker David
Ojini Anthony
Scherbel David A.
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