ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,780, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Guide for fishing rod" was invented by Yoshiyuki Kaminou (Osaka, Japan) and Kazuma Taniguchi (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide for a fishing rod includes a rod body, a guide ring configured to have a fishing line inserted therethrough, and a guide frame fixed to the rod body, extending outward in a radial direction of the rod, and holding the guide ring. The guide ring has an outer circumferential groove along an outer circumferential edge positioned on an outer side of a central axis of the guide ring in the radial direction of the rod. The guid...