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US 11,778,998 B2Granted
Fishing reel and arm system
OwnerMatt Reinertson, Steve Turnbullinventors
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Abstract
Fishing reel system embodiments herein include an extendable arm assembly and a reel assembly rotatably attached thereto. Certain reel assembly embodiments include an adjustable drag washer stack that can be adjustably compressed to adjust the amount of friction within the washer stack. Other implementations include solely a reel assembly with such an adjustable drag washer stack.
Claims20
A fishing reel system, the system comprising:
- (a) an arm assembly comprising:
- (i) an elongate arm body;
- (ii) an elongate extendable arm body slidably disposed within the elongate arm body;
- (iii) a two-way joint disposed at a proximal end of the elongate arm body;
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- (iv) an attachment mechanism coupled to the two-way joint;
- (b) a reel assembly comprising:
- (i) a spool body rotatably coupled to the elongate extendable arm body, wherein the spool body is configured to receive fishing line wrapped around the spool body;
- (ii) a drag washer stack operably coupled to the spool body such that compression of the drag washer stack adjustably creates a desired amount of drag in rotation of the spool body;
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- (iii) a drag adjustment mechanism operably coupled to the drag washer stack, wherein adjustment of the drag adjustment mechanism causes adjustment in the compression of the drag washer stack, thereby causing adjustment of the drag in the rotation of the spool body.
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A fishing reel system, the system comprising:
- (a) an arm assembly comprising:
- (i) an elongate arm body;
- (ii) an elongate extendable arm body slidably disposed within the elongate arm body;
- (iii) a two-way joint disposed at a proximal end of the elongate arm body;
- (iv) an attachment mechanism coupled to the two-way joint;
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- (v) an elongate shaft extending from the elongate extendable arm body;
- (b) a reel assembly comprising:
- (i) a spool body rotatably disposed on the elongate shaft, wherein the spool body is configured to receive fishing line wrapped around the spool body;
- (ii) a drag washer stack operably coupled to the spool body such that compression of the drag washer stack adjustably creates a desired amount of drag in rotation of the spool body, the drag washer stack comprising at least two washers disposed on the elongate shaft;
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- (iii) a drag adjustment mechanism operably coupled to the drag washer stack, wherein adjustment of the drag adjustment mechanism causes adjustment in the compression of the drag washer stack, thereby causing adjustment of the drag in the rotation of the spool body.
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A fishing reel system, the system comprising:
- (a) an arm assembly comprising:
- (i) an elongate arm body;
- (ii) an elongate extendable arm body slidably disposed within the elongate arm body;
- (iii) a two-way joint disposed at a proximal end of the elongate arm body;
- (iv) at least one attachment mechanism couplable to the two-way joint;
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- (v) an elongate shaft extending from the elongate extendable arm body;
- (b) a reel assembly comprising:
- (i) a spool body comprising:
- (A) a lumen defined within the spool body, wherein the lumen extends from a first side to a second side of the spool body, wherein the elongate shaft is disposed within the lumen;
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- (B) a stack cavity defined within the first side of the spool body,
- wherein the spool body is configured to receive fishing line wrapped around the spool body;
- (ii) a drag washer stack disposed within the stack cavity such that compression of the drag washer stack adjustably creates a desired amount of drag in rotation of the spool body, the drag washer stack comprising at least one fabric washer and at least one metal washer disposed on the elongate shaft;
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- (iii) a drag adjustment mechanism disposed on the first side of the spool body, wherein adjustment of the drag adjustment mechanism causes adjustment in the compression of the drag washer stack, thereby causing adjustment of the drag in the rotation of the spool body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.