ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,286, issued on Sept. 23, 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 coupling a reel to a rod body of a fishing rod and a fishing rod including the reel seat are provided. The reel seat includes a seat body coupled to the rod body, and movable hood movably coupled to the seat body. The seat body includes a curved surface portion formed between a projecting portion and a bulging portion, and the curved surface portion is arcuately curved so as to effectively deliver a bite signal to index an...