Fishing reel noisemaker
AssigneeTrikaUSA Inc.
InventorLarry Pulkrabek
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Abstract
A baitcaster for retrieving a fishing line. The baitcaster includes a housing, a spool, and a noisemaker configured to alert a user in response to rotation of the spool. The spool is positioned at least partially within the housing, defines an inner volume, and includes a spindle. The noisemaker includes a sprocket having a plurality of teeth, a pawl positioned alongside the sprocket, and a set of arms abutting the pawl. The set of arms are positioned on opposite sides of the pawl. The pawl is positioned to engage with the plurality of teeth of the sprocket when the sprocket rotates. The noisemaker creates an audible alert when the pawl engages the plurality of teeth and thereafter disengages from the plurality of teeth of the sprocket.
Claims18
A baitcaster for retrieving a fishing line, the baitcaster comprising:
- a housing;
- a spool positioned at least partially within the housing, defining an inner volume, and comprising a spindle;
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- a noisemaker configured to alert a user in response to rotation of the spool, the noisemaker comprising:
- a sprocket comprising a plurality of teeth;
- a pawl positioned alongside the sprocket;
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- a set of arms abutting the pawl and positioned on opposite sides of the pawl, the set of arms being rigid, the set of arms comprising hooked ends configured to engage the pawl, and protrusions extending from the set of arms in a direction different than the hooked ends;
- wherein the pawl is positioned to engage with the plurality of teeth of the sprocket when the sprocket rotates thereby creating an audible alert when the pawl engages the plurality of teeth and thereafter disengages from the plurality of teeth of the sprocket;
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- wherein the protrusions abut stops fixedly coupled to the housing, the stops configured to prevent movement of the set of arms towards the pawl past a neutral position.
A clicker system for a fishing reel, the clicker system comprising:
- a sprocket;
- a pawl selectively coupled to the sprocket, the pawl repositionable between a first position and a second position;
- a set of arms configured to abut the pawl, the set of arms comprising:
- a first arm pivotally coupled to a first joint on a first side of the pawl;
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- a second arm pivotally coupled to a second joint on a second side of the pawl, opposite the first side;
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- wherein the first arm and the second arm comprise hooked ends configured to engage the pawl and protrusions extending from the first arm and the second arm in directions different than the hooked ends;
- a spring coupled to one of the first arm and the second arm opposite the pawl, the spring configured to provide a force onto at least one of the first arm and the second arm;
- wherein the pawl contacts the sprocket when in the first position and does not contact the sprocket when in the second position, wherein the sprocket rotates a first direction and a second direction, and wherein the pawl creates an audible click in the first position when the sprocket rotates in one of the first direction and the second direction;
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- wherein the protrusions abut stops fixedly coupled to a housing of the fishing reel, the stops configured to prevent movement of the first arm and the second arm towards the pawl past neutral positions.
A fishing rod assembly comprising:
- a rod;
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- a baitcaster fixedly coupled with the rod, the baitcaster configured to retrieve a fishing line that extends along the rod, the baitcaster comprising:
- a housing;
- a spool positioned at least partially within the housing;
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- a clicker system configured to alert a user, the clicker system comprising:
- a sprocket rotatable in a first direction and a second direction;
- a pawl selectively coupled to the sprocket, the pawl translatable along a slot between a first position and a second position;
- an arm configured to abut the pawl, the arm comprising an end configured to engage the pawl and a protrusion extending from the arm in a direction different than the end;
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- a spring coupled to the arm, the spring configured to provide a force onto the arm to engage the arm against the pawl;
- wherein the pawl contacts the sprocket when in the first position and does not contact the sprocket when in the second position, and wherein the pawl creates an audible click in the first position;
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- wherein the protrusion abuts a stop fixedly coupled to the housing, the stop configured to prevent movement of the arm towards the pawl past a neutral position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.