Lighted fishing rod and production thereof

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1998-11-09

2000-05-16

O'Shea, Sandra

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

Fishing

Illuminated, e.g., luminous

43 17, 43 181, 43 23, 43 24, 362109, 362157, A01K 8700

Patent

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060619465

ABSTRACT:
A fishing rod has a lighted rod tip. The rod tip is produced from a clear or translucent plastic and has a hole in it in which an LED is potted. The conductors to the LED extend all the way through the hollow shaft to batteries in the handle and a switch beyond the handle in a sub-base assembly thereto. The sub-base assembly screws on and off the handle as needed for changing the batteries. The sub-base assembly also forms a compartment for housing the switch. The switch is operated by pushing hard on a thick resilient butt cap, which covers the very butt end of the rod. Hence the switch is well protected against inadvertent operation, shocks, and weather and water. The electrical system as a whole is housed within interior spaces inside the rod, safely protected from water even if the rod were dropped in water.

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