Fishing reel with tangle free system
OwnerJean Bernard, Alain Plestaninventors
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Abstract
A fishing reel includes a line retaining surface configured to have fishing line wrapped thereabout and a line retrieval surface proximate the line retaining surface. The line retrieval surface moves between a first position in which the line retrieval surface permits fishing line to unwind from the line retaining surface and a second position in which the line retrieval surface engages and guides fishing line onto and about the line retaining surface. The fishing reel further includes a plurality of bristles extending adjacent to the line retrieval surface when the line retrieval surface is in the second position.
Claims29
A fishing reel comprising:
- a line retaining surface configured to have fishing line wrapped thereabout;
- a line retrieval surface proximate to the line retaining surface, wherein the line retrieval surface moves between a first position in which the line retrieval surface permits fishing line to unwind from the line retaining surface and a second position in which the line retrieval surface engages and guides fishing line as fishing line is wound about the line retaining surface;
- a structure opposite the line retrieval surface when the line retrieval surface is in the second position;
- a plurality of bristles supported by the structure and extending from the structure towards the line retrieval surface when the line retrieval surface is in the second position, whereby the bristles and the line retrieval surface sandwich tensioned line therebetween during line retrieval, whereby the bristles untangle line during line retrieval.
A fishing reel comprising:
- a spool adapted to contain fishing line;
- a rotary drum adjacent the spool;
- a bail arm articulated on the drum, wherein the bail arm swivels between a retracted position in which the bail arm permits the fishing line to unwind from the spool and a retrieval position in which the bail arm guides and winds the fishing line onto the spool as the drum is rotated;
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- a plurality of bristles carried by the drum and supported adjacent the bail arm, whereby the bristles untangle line during line retrieval.
A line engaging device for use with a fishing reel having a line retaining surface configured to have fishing line wrapped thereabout and a line retrieval surface proximate the line retaining surface, wherein the line retrieval surface moves between a first position in which the line retrieval device permits line to be unwound from the line retaining surface and a second position in which the line retrieval surface engages the fishing line to guide the fishing line as the fishing line is wound about the line retaining surface, the device comprising:
- a support configured to be removably coupled to the fishing reel proximate the line retrieval surface when the line retrieval surface is in the second position;
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- a plurality of bristles extending from the support and adapted to extend opposite and towards the line retrieval surface when the line retrieval surface is in the second position, whereby the bristles untangle line during line retrieval.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.