Patent ID: 7159355
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. Mounting structure for a fishing reel including a first reel leg part and a second reel leg part opposing the first reel leg part, the mounting structure comprising: a pipe seat; a fixed hood part fixed on the pipe seat, the fixed hood including an insertion hood arranged to receive the first reel leg part of the fishing reel; and a movable hood part movable along the pipe seat in a longitudinal direction of the pipe seat and arranged to receive the second reel leg part of the fishing reel to capture the first reel leg part and the second reel leg part between the fixed hood part and the movable hood part and support the fishing reel, the movable hood part including a one-piece body defining, in cross-section, a single bore, an arcuate portion and a cover hood, the arcuate portion circumscribing at least a portion of the pipe seat and defining first and second seats at respective ends of the arcuate portion, the cover hood bridging the first and second seats, the movable hood part being arranged to receive the second reel leg part in an opening between the cover hood, the pipe seat, and the first and second seats such that the second reel leg part contacts the pipe seat, the first and second seats being arranged to support opposing edge portions of one surface of the second reel leg part and the cover hood being arranged to engage an opposing surface of the second reel leg part.