ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,554, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Cixi Energy Refined Fishing Co. Ltd. (Cixi, China).
"Fishing reel with a one-hand switching mechanism" was invented by Yonggang Chen (Cixi, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing reel that is easy to switch with one hand, comprising a fishing reel frame; a fishing reel line spool, which is rotatably connected to the fishing reel frame for retrieving and releasing the fishing line; a fishing reel handle, which is located on the side where the fishing reel line spool is located; a transmission component, which is provided between the fishing reel handle and the fishing reel line spool; ...