US Patent Issued to GLOBERIDE on Sept. 29 for "Fishing line guide and fishing rod" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,763, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to GLOBERIDE Inc. (Tokyo).

"Fishing line guide and fishing rod" was invented by Kazuki Kawai (Tokyo) and Toshiki Morioka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing line guide that provides good operability to a fishing rod, that is efficiently reduced in weight, and that is less likely to be damaged. A fishing line guide includes: a guide leg serving as a fixed portion with respect to a rod; a fishing line insertion portion through which a fishing line is inserted; and a connecting portion rising from the guide leg and connected to the fishing line insertion portion. A rib protruding to a r...