ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,890, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GLOBERIDE Inc. (Tokyo).
"Reel seat and fishing rod" was invented by Kyoichi Kaneko (Higashikurume, Japan), Yoshinao Kato (Higashikurume, Japan) and Masaru Akiba (Higashikurume, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reel seat attached to a rod body includes: a main body including a reel leg placing portion, a fixed hood, and a tubular portion; a movable hood; and a cylindrical nut member. The reel seat is capable of fixing a reel to the reel seat by preventing a hand or a finger from touching an operating member for fixing a reel leg to the reel seat when the reel is gripped or during a casting...