Fishing line transfer assembly and kit
OwnerIan Touchstoneinventor
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Abstract
A fishing line spool support, line guide mechanism, and kit incorporating the same enables users thereof to transfer line from a spool assembly to a reel assembly. The spool support comprises a spool-bearing portion and opposed rails extending in parallel relation to one another away from the spool-bearing portion. A line guide mechanism rides along the rails and comprises spool interfacing structures borne by a carriage member of the mechanism for interfacing with the opposed rims of a spool as borne by the spool support. Together the carriage member and interface units provide line-guiding stop structure for preventing or minimizing line migration during line transfer.
Claims20
A fishing line transfer assembly for enabling a user to transfer line from a spool to a reel assembly, the transfer assembly comprising, in combination:
- a spool support, the spool support comprising a spool-bearing portion, parallel rails extending from the spool-bearing portion, and a J-shaped hook member extending orthogonally from the rails opposite the spool-bearing portion, the rails each having a rail length, the J-shaped hook member for hooking the spool support to external anchoring means;
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- a guide mechanism, the guide mechanism comprising a carriage member and opposed spool interface units, the carriage member having a member length, the carriage member being borne by the rails and displaceable along the rail lengths, the spool interface units being borne by the carriage member and displaceable along the member length, the spool interface units for engaging opposed spool flanges of a spool borne by the spool-bearing portion, the carriage member and spool interface units for providing line-guiding stop structure adjacent the spool flanges.
A fishing line transfer assembly for enabling a user to transfer line from a spool to a reel assembly, the transfer assembly comprising, in combination:
- a spool support, the spool support comprising a spool-bearing portion, parallel rails extending from the spool-bearing portion, and anchoring means for anchoring the spool support to an external anchor, the rails each having a rail length;
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- a guide mechanism, the guide mechanism comprising a carriage member and opposed spool interface units, the carriage member having a member length, the carriage member being borne by the rails and displaceable along the rail lengths, the spool interface units being borne by the carriage member and displaceable along the member length, the spool interface units for engaging a spool borne by the spool-bearing portion, the carriage member and spool interface units for providing line-guiding stop structure adjacent the spool as borne upon the spool-bearing portion.
A fishing line transfer kit for enabling a user to transfer line from a spool to a reel assembly, the transfer kit comprising:
- a line guide mechanism for enabling a user to guide fishing line from a flanged spool, the guide mechanism comprising a carriage member and spool-interfacing units, the spool-interfacing units being bearable by the carriage member and cooperable with the flanged spool for providing line-guiding stop structure adjacent the flanged spool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.