Reel seat for fishing rods

Claim 1

A REEL SEAT FOR TAPERED FISHING RODS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A TUBULAR BODY MEMBER HAVING A FRONT END AND A BACK END, A SLEEVE-LIKE RESILIENT FRONT BUSHING WITHIN THE FRONT END OF SAID BODY MEMBER AND A SLEEVE-LIKE RESILIENT REAR BUSHING WITHIN THE BACK END OF SAID BODY MEMBER, MEANS PREVENTING MUTUAL AXIAL ROTATION BETWEEN EACH OF SAID BUSHINGS AND SAID BODY MEMBER, MEANS FOR SECURING SAID BUSHINGS TO A BACK-TO-FRONT TAPERED FISHING ROD EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BUSHINGS, AND MEANS FOR REMOVABLY SECURING A FISHING REEL UPON SAID BODY MEMBER, SAID BUSHINGS SECURING MEANS COMPRISING BACK-TO-FRONT TAPERED AXIAL OPENINGS IN EACH OF SAID BUSHINGS, THE WALL THICKNESS OF SAID BUSHINGS PRIOR TO ASSEMBLY OF SAID ROD BEING GREATER THAN THE ANNULAR SPACE AT SAID BUSHINGS BETWEEN SAID ROD AND SAID BODY MEMBER, SAID MEANS PREVENTING MUTUAL AXIAL ROTATION BETWEEN SAID BUSHINGS AND SAID BODY MEMBER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING RIBS ARCUATELY SPACED ABOUT THE INTERIOR WALL OF SAID BODY MEMBER AND INTEGRALLY FORMED THEREWITH, SAID RIBS BEING KEYED IN A PLURALITY OF PERIPHERAL WALL OPENINGS IN EACH OF SAID BUSHINGS, AND SAID RIBS EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY BETWEEN SAID BUSHINGS TO STRENGTHEN SAID BODY MEMBER.