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US 12,201,102 B2Granted
Cast control system for a fishing reel
OwnerDavid Nilsen, Douglas Nilseninventors
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Abstract
A fishing reel includes a casing having an inner surface. The fishing reel further includes a spool assembly configured to rotate about an axis and having an outer surface located radially inward relative to the inner surface of the casing and defining at least one pocket. The fishing reel further includes at least one body configured to be received by the at least one pocket and to move within the at least one pocket between a first position in which the at least one body fails to contact the inner surface of the casing and a second position in which the at least one body contacts the inner surface of the casing.
Claims18
A fishing reel comprising:
- a casing having an inner surface;
- a spool assembly configured to rotate about an axis and having an outer surface located radially inward relative to the inner surface of the casing and defining at least one pocket;
- at least one body configured to be received by the at least one pocket and to move within the at least one pocket between a first position in which the at least one body fails to contact the inner surface of the casing and a second position in which the at least one body contacts the inner surface of the casing;
- a first drag surface coupled to the casing;
- a second drag surface rotatably coupled to the spool assembly and configured to rotate relative to the first drag surface;
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- a lever, such that the fishing reel is a lever drag fishing reel and actuation of the lever in a first direction causes the first drag surface to contact the second drag surface to generate drag, and actuation of the lever in a second direction causes the first drag surface to separate from the second drag surface to allow the spool assembly to rotate freely relative to the casing.
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A fishing reel comprising:
- a casing having an inner surface;
- a spool assembly configured to rotate about an axis;
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- at least one body having a cylindrical shape and configured to be rotatably coupled to the spool assembly and to rotate with the spool assembly about the axis, the at least one body being further configured to move between a first position in which the at least one body fails to contact the inner surface of the casing and a second position in which the at least one body contacts the inner surface of the casing,
- wherein the spool assembly has an outer surface defining at least one pocket each configured to receive a respective body of the at least one body, and wherein a distance between the outer surface of the spool assembly and the inner surface of the casing is less than a total length of the at least one body to retain the at least one body in the at least one pocket when the fishing reel is assembled.
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A fishing reel comprising:
- a casing having a main housing with an outer surface exposed to an environment of the fishing reel and a housing inner surface on which an inner surface of the casing is at least partially located;
- a spool assembly configured to rotate about an axis and having a spool and a spool cover configured to be coupled to the spool, the spool cover including an outer surface located radially inward relative to the inner surface of the casing and defining a plurality of pockets;
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- a plurality of bodies each configured to be received by a respective pocket of the plurality of pockets and to move within the respective pocket between a first position in which a respective body fails to contact the inner surface of the casing and a second position in which the respective body contacts the inner surface of the casing,
- wherein the spool cover includes a clicker portion configured to function as part of a clicking mechanism of the fishing reel, and a spool portion having a greater diameter than the clicker portion, and wherein the outer surface defining the plurality of pockets is located on the spool portion of the spool cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.