Fishing rod stabilizing handle

Claim 2

In combination with a spinning-type fishing rod having an elongate flexible rod portion, a forward hand gripping portion coaxial with and adjacent one end of said flexible rod portion, and a reel mounting portion coaxial with and adjacent said forward hand gripping portion for mounting a fishing reel in underslung manner thereto, a posterior rod stabilizing handle rearwardly continuously extending from said reel mounting portion and characterized by a broad upwardly directed elongate surface for alignment with and direct engagement of a substantial length of the underside of the forearm portion of that arm of a fisherman which operatively grasps said fishing rod at said forward hand gripping portion to provide stabilizing forces to said fishing rod which forces are distributed along the length of said posterior rod stabilizing handle to counterbalance opposing forces transmitted through said rod when landing a fish or reeling in an object, said elongate upper surface being disposed relative said rod so as to lie in a generally horizontal plane when said rod is horizontally operatively positioned and tapering from a substantially elongate broadened region near the butt end of said rod stabilizing handle to a relatively narrower region near said reel mounting portion for matingly accommodating the natural taper of the width of said forearm in the direction from elbow to wrist thereof.

Claim 3

The combination as recited in claim 1, wherein said rod stabilizing handle is further characterized by said broad upwardly directed surface thereof being contoured to form an upwardly directed elongate U-shaped surface for matingly engaging a substantial length of the under and adjacent side portions of said forearm.

Claim 4

In combination with a spinning-type fishing rod having an elongate flexible rod portion, a forward hand gripping portion coaxial with and adjacent one end of said flexible rod portion, and a reel mounting portion coaxial with and adjacent said forward hand gripping portion for mounting a fishing reel in underslung manner thereto, a posterior rod stabilizing handle rearwardly continuously extending from said reel mounting portion and characterized by a broad upwardly directed elongate surface for alignment with and direct engagement of a substantial length of the underside of the forearm portion of that arm of a fisherman which operatively grasps said fishing rod at said foreward hand gripping portion to provide stabilizing forces to said fishing rod which forces are distributed along the length of said posterior rod stabilizing handle to counterbalance opposing forces transmitted through said rod when landing a fish or reeling in a object, wherein said posterior rod stabilizing handle comprises: a. an elongate body portion coaxial with said reel mounting portion and continuously rearwardly extending therefrom to a butt end for general alignment with said forearm portion of said arm operatively grasping said fishing rod at said forward hand gripping portion; and b. a raised broadened extension integral with and overlying substantially the length of said elongate body portion, said extension defining said broad upwardly directed elongate surface for engaging a substantial length of the underside of said forearm.

Claim 5

In combination with a spinning-type fishing rod having an elongate flexible rod portion, a forward hand gripping portion coaxial with and adjacent one end of said flexible rod portion, and a reel mounting portion coaxial with and adjacent said forward hand gripping portion for mounting a fishing reel in underslung manner thereto, a posterior rod stabilizing handle rearwardly continuously extending from said reel mounting portion and characterized by a broad upwardly directed elongate surface for alignment with and direct engagement of a substantial length of the underside of the forearm portion of that arm of a fisherman which operatively grasps said fishing rod at said foreward hand gripping portion to provide stabilizing forces to said fishing rod which forces are distributed along the length of said posterior rod stabilizing handle to counterbalance opposing forces transmitted through said rod when landing a fish or reeling in a object, wherein said posterior rod stabilizing handle comprises: a. an elongate body portion coaxial with said reel mounting portion and continuously rearwardly extending therefrom to a butt end for general alignment with said forearm portion of said arm operatively grasping said fishing rod at said forward hand gripping portion; and b. a raised broadened extension integral with and overlying substantially the length of said elongate body portion, said extension defining said broad upwardly directed elongate surface for engaging a substantial length of the underside of said forearm.

Claim 6

The combination as recited in claim 3, wherein said rod stabilizing handle is further characterized by said raised broadened extension being inclined relative said underlying elongate body portion in a direction from said reel mounting portion upward toward said butt end of said stabilizing handle.

Claim 7

The combination as recited in claim 4, wherein said rod stabilizing handle is further characterized by said broad upwardly directed elongate surface thereof being contoured to form an upwardly directed elongate U-shaped surface for matingly engaging a substantial length of the under and adjacent side portions of said forearm.

Claim 8

The combination as recited in claim 5, wherein said rod stabilizing handle is further characterized by the width of said contoured surface being tapered from a substantially elongated broadened region near the butt end of the rod stabilizing handle and narrowing toward said reel mounting portion for respectively matingly accommodating the contoured natural taper of the width of said forearm in the direction from elbow to wrist thereof.

Claim 9

A rod stabilizing handle for a spinning-type fishing rod of the type having a plurality of rod segments operatively coaxially connected about a longitudinal rod axis, said segments successively comprising an elongate flexible rod, an anterior hand gripping handle defining a fulcrum for pivotal rod motion thereabout when operatively grasped by a hand of a fisherman, a reel mounting brace for securing a fishing reel in underslung manner to said rod, and mounting means operatively connected at the butt end of said mounting brace for mounting said rod stabilizing handle thereto; said rod stabilizing handle comprising; a. an elongate lower body portion having connecting means adjacent one end thereof configured to matingly engage said mounting means for operatively securing said rod stabilizing handle to said reel mounting brace, said body portion when so secured forming a rearwardly extending continuation of said reel mounting brace segment; and b. an arm engaging portion overlying and forming an integral continuous raised projection of said lower body portion having an upwardly directed broadened surface sized to engage a substantial length of the underside of that forearm connected to said hand which operatively grasps the rod at said gripping handle fulcrum; said arm engaging portion when engaging said forearm operative to transmit rod stabilizing forces from said forearm to said rod, said stabilizing forces being distributed along the length of said arm engaging portion and in a direction about said fulcrum to counterbalance opposing forces caused during landing of a fish or reeling in an object.

Claim 10

A rod stabilizing handle for a spinning-type fishing rod of the type having a plurality of rod segments operatively coaxially connected about a longitudinal rod axis, said segments successively comprising an elongate flexible rod, an anterior hand gripping handle defining a fulcrum for pivotal rod motion thereabout when operatively grasped by a hand of a fisherman, a reel mounting brace for securing a fishing reel in underslung manner to said rod, and mounting means operatively connected at the butt end of said mounting brace for mounting said rod stabilizing handle thereto; said rod stabilizing handle comprising; a. an elongate lower body portion having connecting means adjacent one end thereof configured to matingly engage said mounting means for operatively securing said rod stabilizing handle to said reel mounting brace, said body portion when so secured forming a rearwardly extending continuation of said reel mounting brace segment; and b. an arm engaging portion overlying and forming an integral continuous raised projection of said lower body portion having an upwardly directed broadened surface sized to engage a substantial length of the underside of that forearm connected to said hand which operatively grasps the rod at said gripping handle fulcrum; said arm engaging portion when engaging said forearm operative to transmit rod stabilizing forces from said forearm to said rod, said stabilizing forces being distributed along the length of said arm engaging portion and in a direction about said fulcrum to counterbalance opposing forces caused during landing of a fish or reeling in an object.

Claim 11

A rod stabilizing handle as recited in claim 7, wherein the upwardly directed broadened surface of said arm engaging portion is contoured to form an upwardly directed elongate U-shaped surface for matingly engaging a substantial length of the under and adjacent side portions of said forearm.

Claim 12

A rod stabilizing handle as recited in claim 7, wherein said rod stabilizing handle is further characterized by the upper broadened surface of said arm engaging portion being inclined relative said underlying lower body portion in a direction from said reel mounting brace segment upward toward the butt end of said rod stabilizing handle.

Claim 13

A rod stabilizing handle as recited in claim 9, wherein said connecting means of said lower body portion of said rod stabilizing handle and said mounting means of said fishing rod cooperatively matingly engage to cause said lower body portion to coaxially extend with said rod axis rearwardly from said reel mounting brace segment.

Claim 14

A rod stabilizing handle as recited in claim 7, wherein said connecting means of said rod stabilizing handle and said mounting means of said fishing rod cooperatively matingly engage to cause said lower body portion to coaxially extend with said rod axis rearwardly from said reel mounting brace segment.

Claim 15

A rod stabilizing handle as recited in claim 11, wherein said mounting means of said fishing rod comprises a mounting member projecting rearwardly from the butt end of said reel mounting brace segment, and wherein said connecting means is further characterized by the anterior end of said lower body portion of said rod stabilizing handle being shaped to form an inwardly extending channel sized to matingly cooperatively engage said mounting member for operatively securing said rod stabilizing handle to said reel mounting brace.

Claim 16

A rod stabilizing handle as recited in claim 11, wherein the upwardly directed broadened surface of said arm engaging portion is contoured to form an upwardly directed elongate U-shaped surface for matingly engaging a substantial length of the under and adjacent side portions of said forearm.

Claim 17

A rod stabilizing handle as recited in claim 13, wherein said rod stabilizing handle is further characterized by the upper broadened surface of said arm engaging portion being inclined relative said rod axis in a direction from said reel mounting brace upward toward the butt end of said rod stabilizing handle.

Claim 18

A rod stabilizing handle as recited in claim 14, wherein said lower body portion of the rod stabilizing handle is generally cylindrically disposed about said rod axis.

Claim 19

A rod stabilizing handle as recited in claim 14, wherein the width of said broad upwardly directed surface of said arm engaging portion of the rod stabilizing handle tapers from an elongate, substantially broadened region near the butt end of said rod stabilizing handle to a relatively narrower region near said reel mounting brace segment for matingly accommodating the natural taper of the width of said forearm in the direction from elbow to wrist thereof.

Claim 20

A rod stabilizing handle as recited in claim 7, wherein said rod stabilizing handle includes flotation means giving said rod stabilizing handle sufficient buoyancy for floatably supporting in a liquid media said fishing rod and a fishing reel operatively attached to said reel mounting brace segment thereof.

Claim 21

An improved spinning-type fishing rod having a plurality of rod segments successively coaxially connected along a longitudinally extending rod axis; comprising; a. an elongate flexible rod segment extending along said rod axis; b. an anterior hand gripping handle segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said flexible rod segment, said anterior hand gripping segment defining a fulcrum for pivotal rod motion of said rod axis thereabout when operatively grasped by a hand of a fisherman; c. a reel mounting brace segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said anterior hand gripping handle segment for securing a fishing reel in underslung disposition relative the operative disposition of said rod thereto; and d. a posterior rod stabilizing handle coaxial with said rod axis connected to the butt end of said reel mounting brace segment and continuously extending rearwardly therefrom, said rod stabilizing handle configured to define a broad upwardly directed arm engaging elongate surface inclined relative said rod axis in a direction from said reel mounting brace segment upward toward the butt end of said rod stabilizing handle for operative aignment with and direct engagement of a substantial length of the underside of that forearm connected to said hand which operatively grasps said anterior hand gripping portion, said arm engaging surface, when in engagement with said forearm operative to transmit rod stabilizing forces distributed along the length of said stabilizing handle to said rod for counterbalancing about said fulcrum opposing forces caused during landing of a fish or reeling in of an object.

Claim 22

An improved spinning-type fishing rod having a plurality of rod segments successively coaxially connected along a longitudinally extending rod axis; comprising; a. an elongate flexible rod segment extending along said rod axis; b. an anterior hand gripping handle segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said flexible rod segment, said anterior hand gripping segment defining a fulcrum for pivotal rod motion of said rod axis thereabout when operatively grasped by a hand of a fisherman; c. a reel mounting brace segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said anterior hand gripping handle segment for securing a fishing reel in underslung disposition relative the operative disposition of said rod thereto; and d. a posterior rod stabilizing handle coaxial with said rod axis connected to the butt end of said reel mounting brace segment and continuously extending rearwardly therefrom, said rod stabilizing handle configured to define a broad upwardly directed arm engaging elongate surface inclined relative said rod axis in a direction from said reel mounting brace segment upward toward the butt end of said rod stabilizing handle for operative aignment with and direct engagement of a substantial length of the underside of that forearm connected to said hand which operatively grasps said anterior hand gripping portion, said arm engaging surface, when in engagement with said forearm operative to transmit rod stabilizing forces distributed along the length of said stabilizing handle to said rod for counterbalancing about said fulcrum opposing forces caused during landing of a fish or reeling in of an object.

Claim 23

An improved spinning-type fishing rod having a plurality of rod segments successively coaxially connected along a longitudinally extending rod axis; comprising: a. an elongate flexible rod segment extending along said rod axis; b. an anterior hand gripping handle segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said flexible rod segment, said anterior hand gripping segment defining a fulcrum for pivotal rod motion of said rod axis thereabout when operatively grasped by a hand of a fisherman, said pivotal rod motion normally being substantially in a generally vertical plane; c. a reel mounting brace segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said anterior hand gripping handle segment for securing a fishing reel in underslung disposition relative the operative disposition of said rod thereto; and d. a posterior rod stabilizing handle coaxial with said rod axis connected to the butt end of said reel mounting brace segment and continuously extending rearwardly therefrom, said rod stabilizing handle configured to define a broad upwardly directed arm engaging elongate surface for operative alignment with and direct engagement of a substantial length of the underside of that forearm connected to said hand which operatively grasps said anterior hand gripping portion, said arm engaging surface, when in engagement with said forearm operative to transmit rod stabilizing forces distributed along the length of said stabilizing handle to said rod for counterbalancing about said fulcrum opposing forces caused during landing of a fish or reeling in of an object, wherein said elongate arm engaging surface is disposed substantially in a plane lying generally perpendicular to said vertical rod motion plane and said elongate arm engaging surface being tapered from an elongate substantially broadened region near the butt end of said rod stabilizing handle to a relatively narrower region near said reel mounting brace segment for matingly accommodating the natural taper of the width of said forearm in the direction from elbow to wrist thereof.

Claim 24

An improved spinning-type fishing rod having a plurality of rod segments successively coaxially connected along a longitudinally extending rod axis; comprising: a. an elongate flexible rod segment extending along said rod axis; b. an anterior hand gripping handle segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said flexible rod segment, said anterior hand gripping segment defining a fulcrum for pivotal rod motion of said rod axis thereabout when operatively grasped by a hand of a fisherman, said pivotal rod motion normally being substantially in a generally vertical plane; c. a reel mounting brace segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said anterior hand gripping handle segment for securing a fishing reel in underslung disposition relative the operative disposition of said rod thereto; and d. a posterior rod stabilizing handle coaxial with said rod axis connected to the butt end of said reel mounting brace segment and continuously extending rearwardly therefrom, said rod stabilizing handle configured to define a broad upwardly directed arm engaging elongate surface for operative alignment with and direct engagement of a substantial length of the underside of that forearm connected to said hand which operatively grasps said anterior hand gripping portion, said arm engaging surface, when in engagement with said forearm operative to transmit rod stabilizing forces distributed along the length of said stabilizing handle to said rod for counterbalancing about said fulcrum opposing forces caused during landing of a fish or reeling in of an object, wherein said elongate arm engaging surface is disposed substantially in a plane lying generally perpendicular to said vertical rod motion plane and said elongate arm engaging surface being tapered from an elongate substantially broadened region near the butt end of said rod stabilizing handle to a relatively narrower region near said reel mounting brace segment for matingly accommodating the natural taper of the width of said forearm in the direction from elbow to wrist thereof.

Claim 25

An improved spinning-type fishing rod having a plurality of rod segments successively coaxially connected along a longitudinally extending rod axis, comprising: a. an elongate flexible rod segment extending along said rod axis; b. an anterior hand gripping handle segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said flexible rod segment, said anterior hand gripping segment defining a fulcrum for pivotal rod motion of said rod axis thereabout when operatively grasped by a hand of a fisherman; c. a reel mounting brace segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said anterior hand gripping handle segment for securing a fishing reel in underslung disposition relative the operative disposition of said rod thereto; and d. a posterior rod stabilizing handle coaxial with said rod axis connected to the butt end of said reel mounting brace segment and continuously extending rearwardly therefrom, said rod stabilizing handle configured to define a broad upwardly directed arm engaging elongate surface for operative alignment with and direct engagement of a substantial length of the underside of that forearm connected to said hand which operatively grasps said anterior hand gripping portion, said arm engaging surface, when in engagement with said forearm operative to transmit rod stabilizing forces distributed along the length of said stabilizing handle to said rod for counterbalancing about said fulcrum opposing forces caused during landing of a fish or reeling in of an object, said posterior rod stabilizing handle comprising: i. an elongate generally cylindrical lower body portion coaxially extending with said rod axis; and ii. an arm engaging portion overlying and forming an integral continuous raised projection of said lower body portion, said raised projection terminating at said broad upwardly directed arm engaging surface.

Claim 26

An improved spinning-type fishing rod having a plurality of rod segments successively coaxially connected along a longitudinally extending rod axis, comprising: a. an elongate flexible rod segment extending along said rod axis; b. an anterior hand gripping handle segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said flexible rod segment, said anterior hand gripping segment defining a fulcrum for pivotal rod motion of said rod axis thereabout when operatively grasped by a hand of a fisherman; c. a reel mounting brace segment coaxial with said rod axis and connected adjacent one end of said anterior hand gripping handle segment for securing a fishing reel in underslung disposition relative the operative disposition of said rod thereto; and d. a posterior rod stabilizing handle coaxial with said rod axis connected to the butt end of said reel mounting brace segment and continuously extending rearwardly therefrom, said rod stabilizing handle configured to define a broad upwardly directed arm engaging elongate surface for operative alignment with and direct engagement of a substantial length of the underside of that forearm connected to said hand which operatively grasps said anterior hand gripping portion, said arm engaging surface, when in engagement with said forearm operative to transmit rod stabilizing forces distributed along the length of said stabilizing handle to said rod for counterbalancing about said fulcrum opposing forces caused during landing of a fish or reeling in of an object, said posterior rod stabilizing handle comprising: i. an elongate generally cylindrical lower body portion coaxially extending with said rod axis; and ii. an arm engaging portion overlying and forming an integral continuous raised projection of said lower body portion, said raised projection terminating at said broad upwardly directed arm engaging surface.

Claim 27

An improved spinning-type fishing rod as recited in claim 20, wherein said upwardly directed broadened surface of said arm engaging portion of said rod stabilizing handle is contoured to form an upwardly directed elongate U-shaped surface for matingly engaging a substantial length of the under and adjacent side portions of said forearm.

Claim 28

An improved spinning-type fishing rod as recited in claim 21, wherein said arm engaging portion of said rod stabilizing handle is configured to incline said upper U-shaped surface thereof relative said rod axis in a direction from said reel mounting brace segment upward toward the butt end of said rod stabilizing handle.