Reel seat and fishing rod
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsMasakazu Iwabuchi, Shogo Kosaka, Yuzo Shimano, Soshi Iwata
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Abstract
The reel seat for mounting a dual-bearing reel on an upper side of a rod main body of a fishing rod extends in a front-rear direction in a plan view of the reel seat. The reel seat includes a reel foot mounting part on the upper side for mounting a reel foot of the dual-bearing reel such that a handle of the dual-bearing reel is located on a first side in a right-left direction in the plan view. The reel seat also includes a support wall for supporting a palm of a hand when palming the reel seat such that the support wall provided on a second side opposite to the first side in the right-left direction, the support wall protruding to the upper side on the second side of the reel seat.
Claims12
A reel seat for mounting a dual-bearing reel on a rod main body of a fishing rod extending in a front-rear direction, the reel seat having:
- an upper side;
- a lower side opposite to the upper side in an upper-lower direction;
- a front side;
- a rear side opposite to the front side in a front-rear direction;
- a first side and a second side opposite to the first side in a right-left direction, a plan view of the reel seat showing the reel seat in the front-rear direction and the right-left direction, the reel seat comprising:
- a fixed member configured to be fixed on the rod main body, and
- an exchangeable member attachable to and detachable from the fixed member;
- the fixed member comprising:
- a reel foot mounting part provided on the upper side for mounting a reel foot of the dual-bearing reel such that a handle of the dual-bearing reel is located on the first side in the right-left direction in the plan view when mounting the dual-bearing reel;
- a fixed hood part protruded toward the upper side, the fixed hood part configured to insert a rear end of the reel foot when mounting the dual-bearing reel, the fixed hood part having a top part, a first side and a second side;
- a first locking part configured to engage with a front end of the exchangeable member;
- a first rear portion provided at the rear side and the first side of the fixed hood part;
- and
- a second rear portion provided at the rear side and the second side of the fixed hood part;
- the exchangeable member comprising:
- a second locking part disposed on the front end of the exchangeable member and configured to be engaged with the first locking part,
- a support wall provided at the second rear portion, the support wall protruded from the rod main body toward the upper side, the support wall comprising a support wall portion of the support wall protruded from the rod main body toward the upper side, the support wall portion having a topmost part located uppermost, the topmost part being higher than the top part of the fixed hood part, the topmost part being higher than the first rear portion;
- and
- a protrusion part protruded from the rod main body toward the lower side, the protrusion part having a lower end part located lowermost, the lower end part located at a rear side of the topmost part;
- wherein the support wall portion is positioned at a rear side of the dual-bearing reel and away from a side wall of the dual-bearing reel via a space,
- wherein the topmost part of the support wall portion of the support wall supports a palm thenar of a first hand when palming the reel seat, the palm thenar being a concave part between a thumb of the first hand and a wrist of the first hand, the first hand being an opposite to a second hand for holding the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.