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US 10,206,382 B2Granted
Fishing apparatus
OwnerJohn Francis Richinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to hand cast fishing apparatus which may support a conventional fishing reel to provide the benefits that a fishing reel provides combined with the simplicity and relative compactness of hand cast fishing apparatus. For this purpose the fishing apparatus provides a handpiece supporting a line guide for direct finger monitoring of the set fishing line and from which the line may be hand cast. The fishing reel of choice is attached to a mounting which extends from the handpiece and mounts to the user's forearm.
Claims16
Hand cast fishing apparatus comprising:
- a handpiece having an internal line passage connected to an arm support, the arm support adapted to abut a section of the ulnar side and to capture a portion of a user's forearm;
- a line guide formed by the outer end of the internal line passage and being at or adjacent the outer end of the handpiece through which fishing line may pass for casting;
- and
- a support assembly depending from the arm support having a left and/or right hand releasable reel mounting each of which can operatively secure and position a fishing reel for feeding fishing line from the fishing reel through the line guide in an underslung position beneath the support assembly with its winding mechanism operable by a user's opposite hand, wherein the left and/or right hand releasable reel mounting is fastened to a mount.
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A hand cast fishing apparatus comprising:
- a handpiece having an internal line passage connected to an arm support, the arm support configured to be secured to the ulnar side of a user's forearm;
- a line guide formed by the outer end of the internal line passage and being at or adjacent the outer end of the handpiece through which fishing line may pass for casting;
- a pair of mounts attached to opposing sides of the arm support;
- and,
- a support assembly depending from the arm support having a reel mounting assembly configured to secure and position a fishing reel for feeding fishing line from the fishing reel through the line guide in an underslung position beneath the support assembly with its winding mechanism operable by a user's opposite hand, wherein the reel mounting assembly is configured to be releasably fastened to either mount of the pair of mounts for left or right hand use.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.