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US 9,807,988 B2Granted
Locking fishing reel seat
AssigneeG. Loomis, Inc.
InventorJames Westerfield
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Abstract
A reel seat for fishing rods is provided. The reel comprises a body, a sliding hood, a linkage, and a lever. The lever actuates the sliding hood to compressively secure a fishing reel to the fishing rod.
Claims13
A reel seat adapted to releasably interconnect a reel foot of a fishing reel to a fishing rod, the reel seat comprising:
- a body having a first hood with a shape adapted to retain a first end of the reel foot;
- a second hood slideably interconnected to the body, the second hood having a shape adapted to retain a second end of the reel foot;
- a lever having a pivot end and a grip end, the pivot end pivotally interconnected to the body at a first pivot point, wherein the first pivot point is affixed to and stationary with respect to the body;
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- a linkage having a lever end and a hood end, the lever end of the linkage pivotally interconnected to the lever at a second pivot point between the first pivot point and the grip end, and the hood end of the linkage pivotally interconnected to the second hood at a third pivot point, wherein a rotational force applied to the grip end of the lever is translated through the linkage to the second hood to move the second hood toward the first hood to compressively interconnect the reel foot in the reel seat.
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A reel seat adapted to releasably interconnect a reel foot of a fishing reel to a fishing rod, the reel seat comprising:
- a body having a first hood with a shape adapted to retain a first end of the reel foot;
- a second hood slideably interconnected to the body, the second hood having a shape adapted to retain a second end of the reel foot;
- a lever having a pivot end and a grip end, the pivot end pivotally interconnected to the body at a first pivot point;
- a linkage having a lever end and a hood end, the lever end of the linkage pivotally interconnected to the lever at a second pivot point between the first pivot point and the grip end, and the hood end of the linkage pivotally interconnected to the second hood at a third pivot point, wherein a rotational force applied to the grip end of the lever is translated through the linkage to the second hood to move the second hood toward the first hood to compressively interconnect the reel foot in the reel seat;
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- two arms extending from the second hood forwardly toward the first hood and movable together with the second hood, a forward end of each of the arms contacting a stop formed in the body when the reel seat is in a closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.