Spool Tensioner
OwnerJohnny Stricklandinventor
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Abstract
A spool tensioner includes a main body member, a cap and an elastic band. The elastic band fits around a spool of line, and a line feeds through the main body member and through a centrally located hole on the top of the cap. The elastic band may be tightened and adjusted to maintain tension on a spool of line, such as fishing line. The line may be unwound from the spool while the spool tensioner is in place on the spool, and in operation, the spool spins within the elastic band while the spool tensioner remains generally stationary. In this way, the spool tensioner allows line to be unwound from the spool while maintaining tension thereon to prevent the line from inadvertently unraveling and tangling or snarling.
Claims6
A spool tensioner comprising
- a main body member including a generally square shaped housing having two opposed longitudinal walls and two opposed transverse walls, said generally square housing being open at a top portion and a bottom portion thereof, a pair of fingers, wherein one finger extends outwardly from a bottom portion of each of said transverse walls;
- wherein a slot is defined between each said transverse wall and said corresponding finger;
- an elastic band, wherein a first end of said elastic band is fed through one of said slots, and a second end of said elastic band is fed through a second slot;
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- a cap including two opposed transverse walls and two opposed longitudinal walls, and further including an upper surface defining an opening therein for receiving line from a spool, wherein said cap matingly snap-fits over said generally square shaped housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.