ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,056, issued on May 6, was assigned to GLOBERIDE INC. (Tokyo).
"Reel seat and fishing rod" was invented by Toshiki Morioka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reel seat for fixing a fishing reel comprises a tubular reel seat main body, a floating hood, and an operation knob. The tubular reel seat main body comprises a fixing hood and a hollow portion into which a rod is inserted. The floating hood is movable in an axial direction with respect to the reel seat main body. The operation knob rotates in a peripheral direction to move the floating hood in the axial direction. A finger hooking recess on which a finger of a user is dispo...