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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Ryuichi Ohmura, Shizuoka, JP;
Fuji Kogyo Co., Ltd., Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
A fishing rod reel seat comprises a cylindrical form of body having a central bore through which a blank rod is to be passed and provided with a reel seat surface by removing a portion of an outer periphery of said body, a fixed hood positioned so as to cover one end of said reel seat surface and including a reel leg receiving recess that is open toward the other end of said reel seat surface, and a substantially cylindrical form of movable hood fitted over the other end of said body such that it is axially movable thereover, with a second reel leg receiving recess located between said movable hood and said reel seat surface and being open toward said fixed hood. A portion of the outer periphery of said body in a circumferential direction is removed to define said reel seat surface, and at least said movable hood is provided in coaxial relation to said body, with a tapered outer surface thereof being of diameter diminishing toward said fixed hood.