US Patent Issued to FUJI KOGYO on July 28 for "Reel seat and fishing rod including same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,576, issued on July 28, 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 for mounting a fishing reel to a rod body, and a fishing rod including the reel seat are provided. The reel seat includes a seat body coupled to the rod body. The seat body includes a gripping portion gripped by angler's fingers, and a trigger portion protruding downward in the gripping portion. A portion of the gripping portion gripped by a ring finger is inclined at a first inclination angle obliquely downward with respect...