Line stripping basket
OwnerRobert J. Crawfordinventor
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Abstract
A line stripping basket is used by fly casters to hold line stripped from a reel prior to being cast or upon being manually retrieved by a fly angler. The line stripping basket utilizes a waist encircling wading belt and a cooperating flexible line receiving basket that is attachable to, and detachable from the wading belt. The flexible basket has fabric or mesh sidewalls, an open mesh bottom and may carry one or more line stabilizing devices. The line stripping basket can be stowed in a belt attached pouch.
Claims19
A line stripping basket usable to receive and support line stripped from a reel of a fishing rod, said line stripping basket comprising:
- a wading belt securable about a person, said wading belt including a waist encircling belt and an outer belt webbing overlying a portion of said waist encircling belt, said waist encircling belt and said overlying belt webbing defining a pocket;
- a flexible line receiving basket releasably connectable to said wading belt, said flexible line receiving basket having a flexible sidewall and a flexible open mesh bottom, said flexible side wall including a sleeve;
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- a flexible band supported in said sleeve in said flexible sidewall, said flexible band having band ends, said band ends being removably receivable in said pocket of said wading belt, said flexible line receiving basket being releasably connectable to said wading belt by insertion of said flexible band ends in said pocket.
A line stripping basket usable to receive and support line stripped from a reel of a fishing rod, said line stripping basket comprising:
- a waist encircling wading belt securable about a person;
- a flexible line receiving basket releasably connectable to said wading belt, said flexible line receiving basket having a flexible sidewall and a flexible open mesh bottom;
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- a line stabilizing device securable to said mesh bottom of said flexible line securing basket, said line stabilizing device having a plurality of legs, each of said legs having at least one bore.
A line stripping basket usable to receive and support line stripped from a reel of a fishing rod, said line stripping basket comprising:
- a waist encircling wading belt securable about a person;
- a flexible line receiving basket releasably connectable to said wading belt, said flexible line receiving basket having a flexible sidewall and a flexible open mesh bottom;
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- a line stabilizing device securable to said mesh bottom of said flexible line receiving basket, said line stabilizing device having a generally rectangular body with a leg at each corner of said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.