ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,550, issued on March 17.
"Compact fishing apparatus" was invented by Wei Zhang (Delta, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for expanding a rod from a collapsed position to a formed position are disclosed. One such apparatus includes a plurality of segments for forming the body of the collapsible rod including with each segment coupled to each immediately adjacent segment of the plurality of segments. The apparatus may include a coupler for coupling each segment of the plurality of segments to each immediately adjacent segment of the plurality of segments. A lure case and fishing case are provided for convenie...