US Patent Issued to GLOBERIDE on April 21 for "Reel seat grip member, handle member for fishing rod, and fishing rod" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,873, issued on April 21, was assigned to GLOBERIDE INC. (Tokyo).

"Reel seat grip member, handle member for fishing rod, and fishing rod" was invented by Takuji Kawamura (HigashiKurume, Japan) and Keisuke Nakagawa (HigashiKurume, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reel seat grip member is disposed on a rod body on which a reel leg placing portion on which a reel leg is placed is formed, and extends so as to surround an upper portion and a side portion of a nut portion of at least a moving hood among hoods for fixing the reel leg and so as to surround a part of the rod body in a circumferential direction over a fairing portion." ...