Rotatable line transfer member for a fishing reel with lever actuation
OwnerJames Edwards Miltoninventor
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Abstract
A fishing reel having a lever actuated rotatable line transfer member comprises a reel body, a spool rotatably mounted on the reel body, the rotatable line transfer member mounted on the reel body for rotation about a central axis between a retrieve position and a cast position, with a lever extending through a slot in the reel body and operatively coupled to the rotatable line-transfer member. The lever is engaged in slidable communication between a first end and a second end of the slot in the reel body to rotate the rotatable line-transfer member to the retrieve position and the cast position, respectively.
Claims18
A fishing reel, comprising:
- a reel body;
- a spool mounted on the reel body with a central axis;
- a rotatable line-transfer member mounted on the reel body for rotation about the central axis between (i) a retrieve position in which a line slot of the rotatable line-transfer member substantially frictionlessly guides a fishing line to the spool during retrieval and (ii) a cast position in which the fishing line is permitted to pay out from the spool;
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- a lever extending through a slot in the reel body and operatively coupled to the line-transfer member, wherein the lever is engaged in slidable communication between a first end and a second end of the slot on the rotatable line-transfer member to rotate the rotatable line-transfer member to the retrieve position and the cast position, respectively.
A fishing reel having a lever actuated rotatable line transfer member, comprising:
- a reel body;
- a spool mounted on the reel body with a central axis;
- a rotatable line transfer member mounted to the reel body for rotation about the central axis between (i) a retrieve position in which a line slot of the rotatable line-transfer member guides a fishing line during retrieval and (ii) a cast position in which the fishing line is permitted to pay out from the spool, wherein the rotatable line transfer member comprises a circular base and a wire-frame projecting above and substantially spanning across a diameter of the circular base, wherein the wire frame defines the shape of a major circular sector of a circle that is disposed above the circular base on a horizontal plane, and wherein the line slot attaches the wire frame to the circular base;
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- a lever extending through a slot in the reel body and operatively coupled to the line-transfer member, the lever engaged in slidable communication between a first end and a second end of the slot in the reel body to rotate the rotatable line-transfer member respectively to the retrieve position and the cast position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.