Fishing line reel with in-line payout control
AssigneeAms AG
InventorsJeff Braun, Tim Morines
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Abstract
A reel for fishing line or the like provides for extremely rapid payout by releasing the line to unwind by sliding rapidly around a guide surrounding the line spool and by rotation of the line spool itself. A handle extending rearwardly from the reel controls a line guide preventing sliding of the fishing line around the guide and providing controllable friction and locking of rotation of the line spool only when actuated by the user to permit retraction of the line or controlled tensioning of the line.
Claims20
A mounting system for attaching a fishing reel to a fishing apparatus, the mounting system comprising:
- a mounting fixture attachable to the fishing apparatus and providing a rail extending along an extension axis to provide discrete mounting locations spaced along the extension axis for receiving the fishing reel and allowing repositionable mounting of the fishing reel;
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- a reel comprising
- a frame providing a releasable connector engaging the mounting fixture;
- a line spool rotatable with respect to the frame to pay out line forwardly along the extension axis in a first state and wind in line rearwardly along the extension axis in a second state;
- a release actuator operable by a user to move the line spool between the first state to the second state.
A fishing reel attachable to a mounting rail, the fishing reel comprising:
- a reel frame providing a releasable connector engaging the mounting rail extending along an extension axis to provide discrete mounting locations spaced along the extension axis for receiving the reel frame and allowing repositionable mounting of the fishing reel;
- a line spool rotatable with respect to the reel frame to pay out line forwardly along the extension axis in a first state and wind in line rearwardly along the extension axis in a second state;
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- a release actuator operable by a user to move the line spool between the first state to the second state;
- wherein the releasable connector has a vertically descending jaw receiving the mounting rail at the discrete mounting locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.