US PATENT SUBCLASS 43 / 18.1
.~ Rod

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43 /   HD   FISHING, TRAPPING, AND VERMIN DESTROYING

4  DF  FISHING {25}
18.1.~ Rod {10}
19  DF  .~.~> With line propelling or trajecting means
19.2  DF  .~.~> With nonreeling motion means for rod and line, or line
20  DF  .~.~> Reel section {1}
21.2  DF  .~.~> Holders, supports, steadying devices
22  DF  .~.~> Reel mounts
23  DF  .~.~> Butts
24  DF  .~.~> Line guides or tips
25  DF  .~.~> Attachments {1}
26  DF  .~.~> Cases
18.5  DF  .~.~> Fiber glass or graphite fishing rod

DEFINITION

Classification: 43/18.1

Rod:

(under subclass 4) Apparatus usually in the form of a rod or pole (1) of such length or shape as to facilitate or promote handling a fishing line for casting or for playing a fish, or (2) having the line attached or supported in such a manner as to take advantage of the elasticity or "spring" of the rod or pole.

(1) Note. This and the indented subclasses include fishing rods, per se, and also attachments therefor not elsewhere classified.

(2) Note. Joints for fishing rods are classified in the appropriate joint class unless more of the rod is included than is structurally necessary to define the joint.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

15+, for automatic hooking devices frequently including a rod.

17, for signal devices frequently including a rod.

27.4, for fixed support line handling means other than rods.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane,

65+, for rodlike canes.

231, Whips and Whip Apparatus,

2, and 3 for rodlike whips.

242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,

223+, for a fishing reel, per se, and subclasses 345+ for a hand-held reeling device of general use.

285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, appropriate subclasses especially

399+, for socket type joints, wherein the joint involves significant internal wall structure of one of the coupled

members; see (2) Note above, for the line with Class 43.

403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses, for rod joints and connections in general; see (2) Note above, for the line with Class 43.

428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, particularly

364+, for a stock material product in the form of a rod, strand or fiber which is either coated, or has similar structure.