ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,942, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FUJI KOGYO Co. LTD. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"Reel seat and fishing rod including same" was invented by Kazuhito Omura (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reel seat for mounting a reel and a fishing rod including the reel seat are provided. The reel seat includes a seat body coupled to a rod body of the fishing rod, a movable hood movably coupled to the seat body along a central axis of the rod body and fixing a leg of the reel to the seat body, and a nut connected to the movable hood and threadedly coupled to the seat body. The nut includes a manipulation portion manipulated for rotati...