Fishing tackle storing spindle
OwnerTimothy J. Van Kampeninventor
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Abstract
A spindle for accommodating fishing tackle has an elongated cylindrical member rotatably mounted on a pair of double-hooked brackets. Each bracket has a downwardly open clip adapted to be mounted on a tray of a fishing tackle box. The lower end of each bracket has an upwardly open hook rotatably accommodating axles secured to the spindle. A crank secured to one axle is used to manually rotate the spindle. The spindle has an outer cylindrical surface having grooves for accommodating fishing tackle and leaders. Outwardly directed hooks located adjacent the grooves are used to anchor the fishing tackle to facilitate the winding of the tackle on the spindle. Fish hooks attached to leaders are embedded into the spindle to retain the leaders around the spindle.
Claims20
A fishing tackle storing apparatus comprising:
- a fishing tackle box, one or more trays for accommodating fishing tackle, means mounting the trays on the box for selected movement between an up position and a down position within the box, a rotatable spindle located adjacent one of said trays, said spindle including an elongated cylindrical member upon which fish line and leaders can be wrapped, bracket means mounting said spindle on one of said trays said bracket means having arm means extended downwardly and outwardly from said one of the trays to locate the spindle adjacent and at a level lower than said one of the trays thereby allowing the spindle to be located within the body when the trays are in the down position, said spindle having means rotatably mounted on the bracket means whereby the spindle is rotatable about its longitudinal axis so that fish line can be wrapped about said spindle and located within said tackle box adjacent said one of the trays.
A fishing tackle holding apparatus including a fishing tackle box having at least one tray movable between an up position and a down position within the box comprising:
- an elongated spindle having opposite ends, bracket means for mounting the spindle outwardly and at a level lower than a tray of the tackle box whereby when the tray is in the down position the spindle is located within the box, axle means extending from the opposite ends of the spindle rotatably mounted on said bracket means whereby said spindle is rotatably mounted on said bracket means, and means to receive and hold at least one fish line on the spindle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.