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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshihiko Yasui, Tondabayashi, JP;
Assignee:
Shimano, Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ; A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43 20 ; 43 22 ; 43 23 ; D221 / ;
Abstract
A reel seat includes a fixed hood for engaging one end of a reel foot, a movable hood for engaging the other end of the reel foot, and a seat base extending between the two hoods and surrounding a rod core in regions of the hoods. The seat base includes a recess in at least one side thereof indented between the two hoods toward the rod core as seen in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the rod core, so that the outer edge defining the recess has a smaller width around a middle portion than portions around opposite ends in plan view.