Fishing reel technology
OwnerBryan Bensoninventor
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Abstract
A fishing reel having easily selectable gears is disclosed. A gear assembly is disposed on the side of the reel opposite the crank handle, which has a gear ratio selector knob to easily and quickly change gear ratios to thereby change retrieval speeds.
Claims12
A reel comprising, a spool, a handle disposed on one side of the spool, and a gear assembly disposed on the opposite side of the spool, the gear assembly being communicatively connected to the handle and to the spool, the gear assembly having three tandem gears communicatively connected to a plurality of idler gears and to a plurality of drive gears, and a selector for changing the ratio of the gears, wherein the tandem gears include:
- an inner gear, an outer gear, and an outermost gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.