ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,782, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GLOBERIDE INC. (Tokyo).
"Reel seat" was invented by Toshiki Morioka (Higashikurume, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reel seat comprises a reel seat main body comprising a fixed hood into which one end of a mounting leg portion is inserted, and a floating hood attached movably in an axial direction with respect to the reel seat main body and into which the other end of the mounting leg portion is inserted. The reel seat comprises placement surfaces provided on the reel seat main body and on which the mounting leg portion is placed, and protrusion portions formed so as to protrude in a cir...