ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,781, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GLOBERIDE Inc. (Tokyo).
"Fishing rod reel seat, fishing rod, and nut" was invented by Shintaro Nakagawa (Higashikurume, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a nut capable of enabling smooth rotation while reliably fixing an outer tubular portion with an inner tubular portion as well as of improving decorativeness significantly, a fishing rod reel seat having the nut, and a fishing rod having the fishing rod reel seat. A nut according to an embodiment of the present invention is a nut for moving a movable hood, the nut being screwed with a male screw portion of a reel seat main body ...