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US 6,648,256 B1Granted
Integrated strike button
AssigneePenn Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Co.
InventorEric K. Baisch
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AssigneePenn Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Co.
InventorEric K. Baisch
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A lever drag fishing reel having multiple drag positions, including a strike position and a full drag position has a one-piece button spring assembly means for permitting the lever to advance from the strike position to the full drag position. The one-piece button spring assembly means comprising a button integrally joined with a spring and integrally joined with a bracket fixedly mounted to the reel.
In a lever drag fishing reel having multiple drag positions, the improvement comprising a one-piece button spring assembly means for permitting a lever to advance from a first strike position to a second position, said one-piece button spring assembly means comprising a button joined in one piece with a spring and joined in one piece with a bracket fixedly mounted to the reel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Brake devices for reels: with a rotary drum , i.e. for reels with a rotating spool
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Term ended 20 Jun 2022 (estimated)
1. Technical Field
This invention relates to lever drag reels and, more particularly, to strike buttons for lever drag reels.
2. Description of the Art
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a lever drag reel in accordance with the present invention; shown in the free spool position;
FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a lever drag reel in accordance with the present invention; in the strike position;
FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a lever drag reel in accordance with the present invention; in the full drag position;
In the reel shown in the prior art, FIG. 4, the frame 14 is large enough to accommodate a button 10 having a sufficient surface area (designated generally 30) to make it easy for the fisherman to press the button when needed.
In the reel, that frame is insufficiently large to provide enough peripheral surface area to house a button of the type described in the prior art, i.e., one with sufficient surface area to be used by a fisherman.
I have provided a new button and spring means as more particularly shown in FIGS. 5 through 9.