JP2003204747A - Adapter for housing fishing rod - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an adapter used for housing a fishing rod into a rod case, improving the space efficiency of a housing space in the rod case so as to be able to house multiple number of fishing rods with each of attached reels. <P>SOLUTION: This adapter for housing the fishing rod is provided by having a rod-shaped base part 11 having a bottom surface 13 and a surrounding part 12 for holding the fishing rod by a constant holding force and forming the surrounding part 12 as a tubular shape having a bottom. The inside diameter of the opening part 17 can be expanded and constricted. The base part 11 and surrounding part 12 are formed in one unit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an adapter used to store a fishing rod in a rod case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The rod case is intended to carry a fishing rod into a fishing ground by accommodating a plurality of fishing rods. However, if the rod case is stored cluttered, a fishing rod required at the fishing ground is taken out. It becomes inconvenient at that time, and when the fishing rod is stored with the reels attached, the reels may come into contact with each other and be scratched. Therefore, in some conventional rod cases, fishing rods can be separately held, aligned, and stored. Such a rod case is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-4745 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-75.
No. 654 is disclosed.

The former publication discloses a structure in which a rod receiving portion capable of accommodating a rear end portion of a fishing rod is provided in a rod case and the rod receiving portion can be moved up and down in the rod case via a velvet type fastener. There is. According to this, by housing the rear end of the fishing rod in the rod receiving portion, the rear end position of the fishing rod can be different from the rear end positions of other fishing rods, and the contact between reels can be avoided. It is possible to store multiple fishing rods.

Further, the latter publication discloses a structure in which a partition member for partitioning a space in the rod case is provided in the rod case. According to this, by surrounding and holding the reel mounted on the fishing rod by the partition member, it is possible to avoid contact between the reels and store a plurality of fishing rods.

However, in the configuration disclosed in the former publication, the rod receiving portion must be mounted in the rod case via the velvet type fastener, and therefore the rod case needs to have a dedicated and complicated structure. Therefore, the manufacturing cost of the entire rod case increases.

On the other hand, in the structure disclosed in the latter publication, since the partition member is for holding the reel,
A large space is required in the rod case for disposing the partition member, resulting in poor space efficiency in the rod case. Further, since the partition member holds the reel, the outer dimension of the partition member is inevitably large, and the weight of the rod case as a whole is heavy. Furthermore, since the partition member holds the reel mounted on the fishing rod, the fishing rod cannot be firmly held in the rod case,
Collision between fishing rods becomes severe.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a fishing rod storage adapter for improving the space efficiency of the storage space inside the rod case and for storing a plurality of fishing rods in line while the reels are attached.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] (1) In order to achieve the above object, a fishing rod storage adapter according to the present application is a fishing rod storage adapter arranged in a rod case for storing a fishing rod, and has a rod shape having a bottom surface. It is characterized by comprising a base portion and a surrounding portion surrounding a rear end portion of the fishing rod.

By disposing the fishing rod storage adapter in the rod case, the fishing rod can be aligned and stored in the rod case. That is, the bottom surface of the base is brought into contact with the inner bottom surface of the rod case to be arranged in the rod case. Then, the rear end portion of the fishing rod can be surrounded by the surrounding portion to support the fishing rod. Further, since the base portion is formed in a rod shape, the fishing rod housed in the rod case is arranged in a state of being lifted from the inner surface of the rod case. Moreover, since the base is formed in a rod shape,
There is no need for a large space for arranging the fishing rod storage adapter in the rod case.

Further, the surrounding portion may be configured to surround and hold the rear end portion of the fishing rod with a constant holding force.
With this configuration, the rear end portion of the fishing rod can be held by the surrounding portion by disposing the fishing rod storage adapter in the rod case. Therefore, rattling between the fishing rod and the fishing rod storage adapter can be eliminated. Thus, when the fishing rod is stored in the rod case, the fishing rod storage adapter can be attached to the rear end portion of the fishing rod in advance, and the fishing rod can be stored in the rod case in that state, so that the fishing rod can be stored easily. Become.

(2) The surrounding portion may be formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape having an opening into which the rear end of the fishing rod is inserted, and a diameter reducing member for reducing the inner diameter of the opening may be provided.

According to this structure, the rear end of the fishing rod can be retained by surrounding it by inserting the rear end of the fishing rod into the surrounding portion from the opening. Further, since the inner diameter of the opening can be reduced by the diameter reducing member, the rear end of the fishing rod can be reliably held with a constant holding force. Further, since the inner diameter of the opening can be expanded and contracted as described above, it is possible to cope with the case where the outer diameter of the rear end of the fishing rod is different.

(3) The surrounding portion may be made of an elastic material and formed into a bottomed cylinder having an opening into which the rear end of the fishing rod is press fitted.

According to this structure, since the rear end of the fishing rod is press-fitted into the surrounding portion from the opening, the opening elastically expands in diameter and surrounds the rear end of the fishing rod. Then, due to the tense force in that state, the rear end portion of the fishing rod is securely surrounded and held with a constant holding force. Further, since the inner diameter of the opening can be expanded and contracted as described above, it is possible to cope with the case where the outer diameter of the rear end of the fishing rod is different.

Further, the surrounding portion can be formed to have a slit which is continuous with the opening portion and extends in the cylinder axis direction. With this configuration, the inner diameter of the opening can be more flexibly expanded and contracted by the slit, and thus the present invention can be applied to various fishing rods having different outer diameters at the rear end.

(4) The inner diameter of the end of the opening may be gradually increased. With this configuration, since the end of the opening is formed in a so-called funnel shape, the rear end of the fishing rod can be guided when it is inserted into the surrounding portion, and the fishing rod can be stored easily.

(5) Further, the surrounding portion may be configured to surround and hold the fishing rod via an elastic member.
With this configuration, since the fishing rod is surrounded by the elastic member, it is possible to prevent the fishing rod from being scratched or the like due to sliding contact with the surrounding portion. Moreover, the rear end of the fishing rod can be held more reliably.

(6) An inclined surface may be formed on the inner bottom portion of the surrounding portion so that the inner diameter is gradually reduced from the inner wall surface toward the inner bottom surface. With this configuration, since the inner diameter of the inner bottom portion of the surrounding portion is gradually reduced by the inclined surface, there is an advantage that the rear end portion of the fishing rod can be stably surrounded.

Further, an inner diameter reducing member for gradually reducing the inner diameter toward the inner bottom surface may be provided in the inner fixed portion of the surrounding portion. With this configuration, the inner diameter can be easily reduced without changing the design of the surrounding portion itself. Thereby, even with a single fishing rod storage adapter, there is an advantage that it is possible to stably surround a fishing rod having a large outer diameter to a fishing rod having a small outer diameter.

(7) Further, the base portion and the surrounding portion may be integrally formed of synthetic resin. This has the advantage that the fishing rod storage adapter can be manufactured at an extremely low cost.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fishing rod storage adapter (hereinafter simply referred to as "adapter") according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a sectional view of the adapter, (a)
1 is a cross section taken along the line AA and BB in FIG. 1, (b) is a cross section taken along CC in FIG. 1, and (c) is a cross section taken along D- in FIG.
Section D, (d) shows the section EE in FIG.

The adapter 10 is arranged in a rod case for accommodating fishing rods, so that a plurality of fishing rods can be aligned and accommodated while the reels are mounted, as will be described later. It is like this.

The adapter 10 has a base portion 11 and a surrounding portion 12. In the present embodiment, the adapter 10 is formed of a synthetic resin such as PP (polypropylene), ABS resin (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin), EVA resin (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer resin), and the base portion 11 and The surrounding portion 12 is integrally formed. The adapter 10 can be molded by molding using a mold or the like. The material forming the adapter 10 is not limited to the above synthetic resin, and other elastic materials can be used as long as the surrounding portion 12 can be elastically deformed as described later. By molding the adapter 10 as in this embodiment, there is an advantage that the adapter 10 can be manufactured at extremely low cost.

The base portion 11 is formed in a rod shape as shown in the figure, and has a bottom surface 13 formed in a plane. Figure 2
As shown in (a) to (c), in this embodiment, the base 11
Has a substantially cross-sectional shape. This is to reduce the wall thickness when molding the adapter 10, and the cross-sectional shape can be circular or polygonal. However, by making the cross-sectional shape substantially cross-shaped as in the present embodiment, the base portion 11 can be made lightweight and highly rigid. The longitudinal dimension L of the base 11 can be set as appropriate, but is preferably set in the range of 100 mm to 200 mm in order to correspond to the dimensions of various fishing rods to be stored.

The surrounding portion 12 is formed continuously with the tip portion of the base portion 11. The surrounding portion 12 is formed in a cylindrical shape having a bottom portion 14. As shown in FIG. 1, the surrounding portion 12 is provided with slits 15 on its peripheral surface. The slit 15 is formed so as to extend in the cylinder axis direction of the surrounding portion 12, and is provided in four directions as shown in FIG. 2 (d). Note that the number of slits 15 is not limited to four, and the number thereof is not particularly limited.

An opening 17 having an opening 16 is formed at the tip of the surrounding portion 12. The slit 15 is
The opening 16 is continuous with the opening 16. Further, the end of the opening 17 is expanded in a funnel shape as shown in FIG. 1, and the inner diameter of the opening 16 is gradually expanded. In this embodiment, the inner diameter of the opening 16 is set to 25 mm. However, this inner diameter can be appropriately set within a range of 15 mm to 35 mm in order to correspond to the dimensions of various fishing rods to be stored. Further, the inner diameter of the surrounding portion 12 is the bottom portion 1
The inner diameter of the bottom portion 14 can be set to about 18 mm to 35 mm (30 mm in this embodiment).

Although the adapter 10 is integrally formed in this embodiment, the base portion 11 and the surrounding portion 12 may be separately formed and assembled together. In addition to the synthetic resin used for the base 11 and the surrounding portion 12, other materials such as wood and metal may be used.

FIG. 3 shows a state in which the fishing rod is stored in the rod case using the adapter 10. 1 and 3
A method of using the adapter 10 will be described with reference to.

First, the rear end portion 23 of the fishing rod 22 is attached to the adapter 1
0 to the surrounding portion 12 Thereby, the rear end portion 2
It is possible to surround 3 with a constant holding force. Then, the fishing rod 22 to which the adapter 10 is attached is attached to the adapter 10
The bottom surface 13 of the base portion 11 of the
It is arranged in the rod case 20 so as to abut.

Since the base 11 is formed in a rod shape, the fishing rod 22 housed in the rod case 20 is arranged in a state of being lifted from the inner surface 21 of the rod case 20. Moreover, since the base portion 11 is formed in a rod shape, a wide space is not required to arrange the adapter 10 in the rod case 20.

In this way, the fishing rod 22 is attached to the rod case 2.
By storing the fishing rod 22 inside the 0, another fishing rod 24 (on the both sides of the fishing rod 22 along the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 3) of the fishing rod 22 (in the figure, the illustration of the fishing rod on the front side of the fishing rod 22 is shown). Omitted) can be placed and stored. This fishing rod 2
4, the rear end portion 25 has an inner surface 21 of the rod case 20.
It can be stored in the state of abutting against
The fishing rod 22 and the fishing rod 24 can be accommodated in the rod case 20 with different arrangement heights. The same applies to other fishing rods arranged on the front side of the fishing rod 22.

Therefore, the reel 2 is attached to the fishing rods 22 and 24.
Even when the fishing rods 22 and 24 are mounted, since the fishing rods 22 and 24 can be housed with different arrangement heights from each other, the plurality of fishing rods 22 and 26 can be safely avoided by avoiding collision between the reels 25 and 26. 24 can be stored. Moreover, the part provided inside the rod case (the rod receiving part as in the past)
Since the fishing rod 22 is housed in the rod case by mounting the adapter 10 in advance instead of inserting the fishing rod 22 into the rod, the fishing rod housing operation is extremely simple.

The adapter 10 also includes a rod case 20.
Since it does not require a large space to be placed inside,
The space efficiency in the rod case 20 is improved, and at least three fishing rods can be stored with the reels attached. Further, since the configuration of the rod case 20 is not changed at all, the adapter 10 can be applied to all conventional rod cases. Therefore, the cost of the rod case itself does not increase.

In particular, according to the adapter 10 of this embodiment, the following operational effects are obtained.

First, in the present embodiment, the outer diameter of the rear end portion 23 of the fishing rod 22 is 30 mm. The surrounding portion 12 is made of an elastic material and has a bottomed tubular shape having an opening 17. Therefore, when the fishing rod 22 is stored, the rear end portion 23 of the fishing rod 22 is press-fitted from the opening portion 17. At this time, the opening portion 17 elastically expands in diameter and the rear end portion 23 is closed. Surround yourself. Then, due to the tensioning force in this state, the rear end portion 23 is securely surrounded and held with a constant holding force. Since the inner diameter of the opening 17 can be expanded and contracted as described above, the present invention can be applied to fishing rods having different outer diameters at the rear end. Moreover, since the surrounding portion 12 has the slit 15, the inner diameter of the opening 17 can be expanded and contracted more flexibly. Therefore, there is an advantage that it can be applied to various fishing rods having different outer diameters at the rear end portions. However, the slit 15 can be eliminated.

The end of the opening 17 is formed in a so-called funnel shape. Thereby, the rear end portion 23 of the fishing rod 22
Since the insertion can be guided when the fishing rod 22 is inserted into the surrounding portion 12, the storage work of the fishing rod 22 becomes easy. However, the end of the opening 17 does not have to be formed in the funnel shape.

In the present embodiment, the opening 17 of the surrounding portion 12
The inner diameter of the smaller than the outer diameter of the rear end portion 23 of the fishing rod 22,
Although the rear end portion 23 of the fishing rod 22 is held by the surrounding portion 12 with a constant holding force (the above-mentioned tightening force), the inner diameter of the opening 17 is the same as or equal to the outer diameter of the rear end portion 23 of the fishing rod 22. The above can be set.

In this way, the fishing rod 22 has its rear end 23 supported by the surrounding portion 12 and the rod case 20.
It is stored in a state of being lifted from the inner bottom surface 21 of the. In this case as well, a plurality of fishing rods can be aligned and stored in the same manner as described above.

Next, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an essential part of an adapter 30 according to a modification of this embodiment.

As shown in the figure, in this modified example, the surrounding portion 1
An elastic member 31 is provided on the inner surface of 2. For the elastic member 31, for example, foamed EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer resin) or the like can be adopted. Elastic member 31
Is formed in a thin plate shape and is attached to the inner surface of the surrounding portion 12. In the present modification, since the slits 15 are provided in four directions on the surrounding portion 12 as described above, four elastic members 31 are provided along the circumferential direction of the inner surface of the surrounding portion 12. ing. When the slit 15 is not provided, the elastic member 31 may be formed in a cylindrical shape and attached to the inner surface of the surrounding portion 12.

By providing the elastic member 31, the fishing rod 22 (see FIG. 3) is surrounded and held by the surrounding portion 12 via the elastic member 31. Therefore, the fishing rod 22 does not come into direct sliding contact with the surrounding portion 12, and it is possible to prevent the fishing rod 12 from being scratched or the like. Moreover, the elastic member 3
Due to the elastic deformation of No. 1, the rear end portion 23 of the fishing rod 12 is held more reliably.

Further, in this modification, as shown in FIG.
A tightening band (diameter-reducing member) 33 can be provided at the tip of the surrounding portion 12. The tightening band 33 can be made of, for example, Velcro (registered trademark), but is not limited to this, and an elastic rubber material or the like can be used. This tightening band 33
Is attached to the outside of the tip of the surrounding portion 12.

In this way, the rear end portion 23 of the fishing rod 22
When (see FIG. 3) is held by the surrounding portion 12, the inner diameter of the opening 17 can be reduced by winding the tightening band 33 along the outer peripheral surface of the surrounding portion 12. Thereby, the rear end portion 23 of the fishing rod 22 can be tightened and securely held.

Further, by providing the tightening band 33, even if the inner diameter of the opening 17 is set to a value that allows the rear end of almost all the fishing rods to be inserted, the tightening band 33 is attached to the surrounding portion 12. By winding, the rear end portion of the fishing rod can be reliably picked up by the surrounding portion 12.

Further, FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of the inner bottom portion 51 of the adapter 50 according to the second modification of this embodiment.

As shown in the figure, in this modified example, the surrounding portion 1
An inclined surface 40 is formed at a portion (inner bottom portion 51) where the inner bottom surface 38 and the inner wall surface 39 of No. 2 are continuous. This inclined surface 4
By providing 0, the inner diameter of the inner bottom portion 51 is gradually reduced, and the inner diameter of the inner bottom surface 38 is set to 25 mm. However, this dimension can be freely designed and changed according to the outer diameter of the rear end of the fishing rod. By providing the inclined surface 40 in this manner, the rear end portion of the fishing rod can be stably surrounded.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of an essential part of the inner bottom portion 51 of the adapter 50 according to the third modification of this embodiment.

As shown in the figure, in this modified example, the surrounding portion 1
The core 41 (inner diameter reducing member) is fitted into the inner bottom portion 51 of the second embodiment. The core 41 is formed in a circular container shape, for example, PP (polypropylene), ABS resin (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin), EVA.
It can be made of a synthetic resin such as a resin (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer resin). In this modification, the core 41
Has an outer diameter of 30 mm and an inner diameter of 25 mm,
The core 41 is arranged in contact with the inner bottom surface 38. However, these dimensions can be freely designed and changed according to the inner diameter of the surrounding portion 12 and the outer diameter of the surrounding fishing rod.

By providing the core 41 in this way, the inner diameter of the surrounding portion 12 can be easily reduced. As a result, even with a single adapter 30, there is an advantage that it is possible to stably surround a fishing rod having a large outer diameter to a fishing rod having a small outer diameter.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention, the fishing rod can be housed in a state of being raised from the inner surface of the rod case. Therefore, even when the reel is attached to the fishing rod, the fishing rod can be stored while being shifted in the longitudinal direction, so that the reels can be safely stored while avoiding collision between the reels. Moreover, by mounting the adapter on the fishing rod in advance, it is extremely easy to store the fishing rod in the rod case.

Further, since the base portion of the fishing rod storage adapter is formed in a rod shape for lifting the fishing rod to be stored in the rod case, a wide arrangement space is required in the rod case for the arrangement. Therefore, it is possible to improve the space efficiency in the rod case and store a plurality of fishing rods.

Further, since it can be applied to all the conventional rod cases, there is an advantage that the cost of the rod case itself does not increase.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fishing rod storage adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B are cross-sectional views of a fishing rod storage adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention, where FIG. 2A is a cross section taken along the line AA and BB in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a line CC in FIG. Section, (c) figure is DD section in FIG. 1, (d) figure is EE in FIG.
A cross section is shown.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state where a fishing rod is stored in a rod case using the fishing rod storage adapter according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of an adapter according to a modified example of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part of an adapter according to another modification of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of an inner bottom portion of an adapter according to a second modification of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of an inner bottom portion of an adapter according to a third modified example of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Adapter 11 base 12 Surrounding part 13 Bottom 14 bottom 15 slits 16 openings 17 openings 20 rod case 21 Internal surface 22 fishing rod 23 Rear end 24 fishing rod 30 adapter 31 Elastic member 33 tightening band 38 Inner bottom 39 inner wall surface 40 slope 50 adapter 51 inner bottom

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A fishing rod storage adapter arranged in a rod case for storing a fishing rod, comprising: a rod-shaped base portion having a bottom surface; and a surrounding portion surrounding a rear end portion of the fishing rod. Fishing rod storage adapter. 2. The fishing rod storage adapter according to claim 1, wherein the surrounding portion is configured to surround and hold the rear end portion of the fishing rod with a constant holding force. 3. The fishing rod storage adapter according to claim 1, wherein the surrounding portion is formed in a bottomed tubular shape having an opening into which a rear end portion of the fishing rod is inserted, and an inner diameter of the opening portion. A fishing rod storage adapter, which is provided with a diameter reducing member for reducing the diameter. 4. The fishing rod storage adapter according to claim 1, wherein the surrounding portion is made of an elastic material, and is formed in a bottomed tubular shape having an opening into which a rear end portion of the fishing rod is press fitted. A fishing rod storage adapter characterized in that. 5. The fishing rod storage adapter according to claim 4, wherein the surrounding portion is provided with a slit that is continuous with the opening and extends in the cylinder axis direction. 6. The fishing rod storage adapter according to claim 3, wherein an end of the opening has a diameter that gradually increases. 7. The fishing rod storage adapter according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the surrounding portion is configured to surround the fishing rod via an elastic member. 8. The fishing rod storage adapter according to claim 1, wherein the inner bottom portion of the surrounding portion has an inclined surface so that the inner diameter is gradually reduced from the inner wall surface toward the inner bottom surface. A fishing rod storage adapter characterized by being formed. 9. The fishing rod storage adapter according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein an inner diameter reducing member that gradually reduces the inner diameter toward the inner bottom surface is provided in the inner fixed portion of the surrounding portion. A fishing rod storage adapter characterized in that. 10. The fishing rod storage adapter according to claim 1, wherein the base portion and the surrounding portion are integrally formed of synthetic resin.