ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,803, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai City, Japan).
"Drag lever and dual-bearing reel for fishing" was invented by Hiroki Oogose (Sakai City, Japan), Takeshi Ikuta (Sakai City, Japan) and Kunio Takechi (Sakai City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drag lever is configured to adjust a braking force of a drag mechanism configured to brake rotation of a spool, the drag lever including a mounting portion rotatably mounted on a reel body, an operation portion extending from the mounting portion in a radial direction of a pivot shaft and configured to swing in a first operation range, and an operation range adju...