US Patent Issued to FUJI KOGYO on Nov. 3 for "Fishing rod handle and fishing rod including same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,097, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FUJI KOGYO Co. LTD. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Fishing rod handle 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 fishing rod handle fixing a reel having front and rear legs is provided. The fishing rod handle includes a front coupling portion coupled to a rod body, a rear coupling portion coupled to a rear grip, a reel fixing portion defined between the front and rear coupling portions and fixing the front leg, a pressing mechanism, and a reinforcing member. The front and rear legs are seated on a seating portion of the reel fixing portio...