(under subclass 18.1) Devices for guiding the line as it moves along the fishing-rod and for guiding and easing the strain on the line where it leaves the rod at the tip
thereof. Mere antifriction devices for guiding lines not peculiar to fishing rods are excluded.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length,
196.1, for a passive guide combined with a material feeder.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,
157+, and 615+ for line guiding means of general utility, and particularly subclasses 241+, 273+, 397+, and 476.7+ for line guide traverse mechanism. 254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,
389+, for a device or a member intended to guide a moving cable; the cable is attached to or supports an object being pulled by the cable from one position or location to another.
