Patent ID: 6848209

Claim:
A reel seat for a fishing rod, that includes a fishing rod body, comprising: an oblong pipe-shaped body through which the fishing rod body passes, the oblong pipe-shaped body defining a circumferential surface with a top portion and a lower portion; a reel foot placing surface formed on the top portion of the circumferential surface of the oblong pipe-shaped body that receives a reel foot; a movable front hood and a fixed rear hood, that attach the reel foot to the reel foot placing surface; a trigger protruding from the lower portion of the circumferential surface of the oblong pipe-shaped body at a fixed position and angle, the trigger having a front surface, the front surface of the trigger sloping substantially toward a downward and backward direction relative to a rear end of the lower portion of the circumferential surface of the oblong pipe-shaped body and having a length such that at least two of an average size adult user's fingers can be placed thereon, wherein a center axis of the trigger is non-perpendicular with respect to a center axis of the fishing rod body; and a rear body extending along the same axis as the fishing rod; wherein a tip portion of an area of the front surface of the trigger on which a user's fingers can be placed is positioned behind a portion immediately below the highest position of an opening portion of the fixed rear hood.