US 6,318,653 B1Granted

Electric fishing set

OwnerAndre R. Dobbinsinventor

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Abstract

An electric fishing set that includes a handle that replaceably holds an electric prime mover, a fishing pole that extends from the handle, a spinning reel that is attached to the handle, and a transmission that is operatively connected to the spinning reel and the electric prime mover. The handle includes an upper tube that contains the prime mover and a lower tube that depends from, and extends axially along, the upper tube and holds the fishing pole. The spinning reel includes a crank that has a shaft and a pin that is externally threaded and extends coaxially outwardly from the shaft. The electric prime mover is a portable electric screwdriver. The transmission includes a shaft that has a hexagonal lateral cross section and a flexible drive cable that has a first end with a sleeve thereon that is internally threaded and threadably receives the pin of the spinning reel and a second end with a sleeve thereon that contains an axial blindbore that has an hexagonal lateral cross section and which slidably receives the shaft of the transmission.

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Dependent claims

An electric fishing set, comprising:

A) a handle for replaceably holding an electric prime mover having a diameter and a tool receiving forwardmost end;
B) a fishing pole extending from said handle;
C) a spinning reel attached to said handle for winding and unwinding a fishing line along said fishing pole;
and
D) a transmission operatively connected to said spinning reel for operatively connecting to the electric prime mover and allowing said spinning reel to wind and unwind the fishing line along said fishing pole when said electric prime mover is activated, wherein said handle comprises an electric prime mover containing-upper tube that has:
a) a constant diameter;
b) a forwardmost end that is open;
and
c) a rearwardmost end that is open for allowing the electric prime mover to be inserted through said rearwardmost end of said electric prime mover containing-upper tube of said handle, with a portion thereof extending outwardly therefrom, into said electric prime mover containing-upper tube of said handle, and partially out through said forwardmost end of said electric prime mover containing-upper tube of said handle.

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