Reel seat and fishing rod including same
AssigneeFuji Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuhito Omura
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Abstract
A reel seat for mounting a fishing reel to a rod body, and a fishing rod including the reel seat are provided. The reel seat includes a seat body coupled to the rod body. The seat body includes a gripping portion gripped by angler's fingers, and a trigger portion protruding downward in the gripping portion. A portion of the gripping portion gripped by a ring finger is inclined at a first inclination angle obliquely downward with respect to a central axis of the seat body. A portion of the gripping portion gripped by a little finger forms a front surface of the trigger portion, and is inclined at a second inclination anger greater than the first inclination angle obliquely downward with respect to the central axis.
Claims16
A reel seat for mounting a fishing reel to a rod body, comprising:
- a seat body including a bore formed in an axial direction of the rod body and coupled to the rod body, a seating portion on which the fishing reel is seated, a gripping portion located below the seating portion, and a trigger portion protruding downward in the gripping portion;
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- a movable hood coupled to the seat body so as to be movable along a central axis of the bore and fixing the fishing reel to the seating portion,
- wherein the gripping portion includes:
- a first gripping surface portion configured to be gripped by an index finger;
- a second gripping surface portion extending from the first gripping surface portion in a rearward direction;
- a third gripping surface portion extending from the second gripping surface portion to the trigger portion so as to be inclined in an oblique direction between the rearward direction and a downward direction with respect to the central axis;
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- a fourth gripping surface portion extending from the third gripping surface portion so as to be inclined further than the third gripping surface portion in an oblique direction between the rearward direction and the downward direction with respect to the central axis and forming a front surface of the trigger portion, and
- wherein, in a side view of the seat body, the third gripping surface portion has a first inclined front end contour line formed as a straight line and inclined at a first inclination angle with respect to the central axis, and the fourth gripping surface portion has a second inclined front end contour line formed as a straight line, inclined with respect to the central axis at a second inclination angle greater than the first inclination angle, and connecting with the first inclined front end contour line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.