Fishing rod construction

Claim 2

The combination comprising a fishing rod, rod, a reel including a line mounted on said rod, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced pulley assemblies on the rod for guiding said line, means for mounting each said pulley assembly on said rod, each said pulley assembly comprising a bushing, each said bushing having an annular groove therein, a strap freely movable circumferentially around said bushing within the portion defined by the groove and having its free ends in adjacent relationship, a pulley housing, means extending through the ends of the strap and the pulley housing for pivotally mounting the housing about a transverse axis with respect to said strap, said pulley housing defining spaced portions, and a pulley, means rotatably mounting said pulley within said spaced portions of said housing.

Claim 3

The combination set forth in claim 1 wherein said rod has longitudinally spaced portions which have progressively decreasing diameter toward the tip of the rod, each said bushing has a tapered opening for engaging a corresponding tapered portion of the rod.

Claim 4

The combination set forth in claim 1, wherein said means for mounting each said pulley assembly on said rod comprises a member extending through said bushing and having portions thereof engaging longitudinally spaced portions of the rod, and means for fastening said portions of said member to said rod.

Claim 5

The combination set forth in claim 1 wherein said spaced portions of said pulley housing having annular recesses for receiving portions of the pulley thereby preventing portions of the line from entering between said pulley and said housing.

Claim 6

The combination set forth in claim 4 wherein said means rotatably mounting said pulley and said housing comprises a hollow spacer, a shaft extending between said spaced portions of said housing, the length of said spacer being slightly greater than the thickness of said pulley.

Claim 7

The combination set forth in claim 5 wherein said spacEr is made of low friction plastic material.

Claim 8

The combination set forth in claim 1 wherein said bushing member nearest the end of said rod has a closed end.

Claim 9

The combination comprising a fishing rod having longitudinally spaced portions which have progressively decreasing diameter toward the tip of the rod, a reel including a line mounted on said rod, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced pulley assemblies on the rod for guiding said line, each said pulley assembly comprising a bushing having a tapered opening engaging a complementary tapered portion of the rod, each said bushing having an annular groove therein, a strap freely movable circumferentially around said bushing within the portion defined by the groove and having its free ends in adjacent relationship, a pulley housing, means extending through the ends of the strap and the pulley housing for pivotally mounting the housing about a transverse axis with respect to said strap, said pulley housing defining spaced portions, and a pulley, means rotatably mounting said pulley within said spaced portions of said housing, said spaced portions of said pulley housing have annular recesses for receiving portions of the pulley thereby preventing portions of the line from entering between said pulley and said housing.

Claim 10

The combination comprising a fishing rod having longitudinally spaced portions which have progressively decreasing diameter toward the tip of the rod, a reel including a line mounted on said rod, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced pulley assemblies on the rod for guiding said line, each said pulley assembly comprising a bushing having a tapered opening engaging a complementary tapered portion of the rod, each said bushing having an annular groove therein, a strap freely movable circumferentially around said bushing within the portion defined by the groove and having its free ends in adjacent relationship, a pulley housing, means extending through the ends of the strap and the pulley housing for pivotally mounting the housing about a transverse axis with respect to said strap, said pulley housing defining spaced portions, and a pulley, means rotatably mounting said pulley within said spaced portions of said housing, said spaced portions of said pulley housing have annular recesses for receiving portions of the pulley thereby preventing portions of the line from entering between said pulley and said housing.

Claim 11

The combination set forth in claim 8 wherein said means rotatably mounting said pulley and said housing comprises a hollow spacer, a shaft extending between said spaced portions of said housing, the length of said spacer being slightly greater than the thickness of said pulley.

Claim 12

For use with a fishing rod having longitudinally spaced portions which have progressively decreasing diameter toward the tip of the rod, a pulley assembly for guiding a line on said rod comprising a bushing, said bushing having an annular groove therein, a strap freely movable circumferentially around said bushing within the portion defined by the groove and having its free ends in adjacent relationship, a pulley housing, means extending through the ends of the strap and the pulley housing for pivotally mounting the housing about a transverse axis with respect to said strap, said pulley housing defining spaced portions, and a pulley, means rotatably mounting said pulley within said spaced portions of said housing.

Claim 13

For use with a fishing rod having longitudinally spaced portions which have progressively decreasing diameter toward the tip of the rod, a pulley assembly for guiding a line on said rod comprising a bushing, said bushing having an annular groove therein, a strap freely movable circumferentially around said bushing within the portion defined by the groove and having its free ends in adjacent relationship, a pulley housing, means extending through the ends of the strap and the pulley housing for pivotally mounting the housing about a transverse axis with respect to said strap, said pulley housing defining spaced portions, and a pulley, means rotatably mounting said pulley within said spaced portions of said housing.

Claim 14

The combination set forth in claim 10 wherein said bushing has a tapered opening therein engaging a corresponding tapered portion of the rod.

Claim 15

The combination set forth in claim 10 including means for mounting said bushing on a rod comprising a member extending through said bushing and having portions thereof adapted to engage longitudinally spaced portions of the rod.

Claim 16

The combination set forth in claim 10 wherein said spaced portions of said pulley housing have annular recess portions for receiving portions of the pulley thereby preventing portions of the line from entering between said pulley and said housing.

Claim 17

The combination set forth in claim 10 wherein said means rotatably mounting said pulley and said housing comprises a hollow spacer, a shaft extending between said spaced portions of said housing, the length of said spacer being slightly greater than the thickness of said pulley.

Claim 18

The combination set forth in claim 10 wherein said spacer is made of low friction plastic material.