Reel seat and fishing rod including same
AssigneeFuji Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuhito Omura
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Abstract
A reel seat for mounting a reel to a rod body of a fishing rod 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 seating portion on which first and second legs of the reel are seated, and a fixed hood portion into which the first leg is inserted. The fixed hood portion includes an opening edge portion extending from the seating portion, and an inward surface extending from the opening edge portion and covering the first leg. The opening edge portion is positioned in a plane inclined at an acute angle with respect to a seating surface of the seating portion. The plane and a line bisecting the inward surface of the fixed hood portion along a central axis meet each other at an obtuse angle.
Claims16
A reel seat for mounting a reel having a first leg and a second leg to a rod body of a fishing rod, the reel seat comprising:
- a seat body including a seating portion on which the first leg and the second leg are seated, and a fixed hood portion which is located in the seating portion and into which the first leg is inserted, wherein the seat body is coupled to the rod body along a central axis of the rod body;
- and
- a movable hood movably coupled to the seat body so as to fix the second leg to the seating portion,
- wherein the fixed hood portion includes:
- an opening edge portion extending from the seating portion so as to form an opening into which the first leg is inserted;
- and
- an inward surface extending from the opening edge portion and covering the first leg,
- wherein the opening edge portion is positioned in a first plane inclined at an acute angle with respect to a seating surface in which the seating portion is formed,
- wherein the first plane and a first line bisecting the inward surface along the central axis are configured to meet each other at an obtuse angle,
- wherein the seat body includes:
- a cylindrical portion having a first bore capable of being coupled to the rod body;
- and
- an attachment body having:
- the seating portion formed at an upper side or a lower side of the cylindrical portion;
- a first projecting portion located at an opposite side of the seating portion with reference to the central axis and formed in a circumferential direction of the central axis;
- and a second projecting portion extending along the central axis from the first projecting portion along an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion and forming the fixed hood portion together with the seating portion,
- wherein the movable hood is movably coupled to a male thread portion located opposite to the fixed hood portion, and
- wherein the movable hood includes:
- an accommodating portion into which the first projecting portion is inserted along the central axis;
- and
- a movable hood portion located at an opposite side of the accommodating portion in a vertical direction, overlapping the first projecting portion along the central axis, and fixing the second leg to the seating portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.