ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,295, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GLOBERIDE Inc. (Tokyo).
"Fishing rod" was invented by Kosuke Ushinohama (Higashikurume, Japan), Yoshinori Nakahata (Higashikurume, Japan), Yoshinao Kato (Higashikurume, Japan) and Hiroshi Sezai (Higashikurume, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing rod capable of reducing a dimension when stored, the fishing rod having a structure that is difficult to move even when the fishing rod is accommodated in a bag or the like. A fishing rod of the invention includes a cylindrical cover member that is attached to an original rod that stores a plurality of rods so that the plurality of rods do ...