Fishing line transfer assembly and kit
OwnerIan Touchstoneinventor
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Abstract
A fishing line spool support, line guide mechanism, and kit incorporating the same enables users thereof to transfer line from a spool assembly to a reel assembly. The spool support comprises a spool-bearing portion and opposed rails extending in parallel relation to one another away from the spool-bearing portion. A line guide mechanism rides along the rails and comprises spool interfacing structures borne by a carriage member of the mechanism for interfacing with the opposed rims of a spool as borne by the spool support. Together the carriage member and interface units provide line-guiding stop structure for preventing or minimizing line migration during line transfer.
Claims20
A fishing line transfer assembly for enabling a user to transfer line from a spool to a reel assembly, the transfer assembly comprising, in combination:
- a spool support, the spool support comprising a spool-bearing portion, parallel rails axially extending from the spool-bearing portion, and a J-shaped hook member extending orthogonally from the rails opposite the spool-bearing portion, the rails each having a rail length, the J-shaped hook member for hooking the spool support to external anchoring means;
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- a guide mechanism, the guide mechanism comprising a carriage member and opposed spool interface units, the carriage member having a member length and opposed member ends, the opposed member ends each having a rail-receiving aperture, the rails being received by the rail-receiving apertures such that the carriage member is borne by the rails relatively orthogonal thereto and displaceable along the rail lengths, the spool interface units each having a member-receiving aperture and a U-shaped flange-receiving portion, the spool interface units receiving the member length intermediate the rails thereby being borne by the carriage member and displaceable along the member length intermediate the rails, the U-shaped flange-receiving portions of the spool interface units for receiving opposed, parallel spool flanges of a spool borne by the spool-bearing portion, the carriage member and spool interface units for providing line-guiding stop structure adjacent the spool flanges.
A fishing line transfer assembly for enabling a user to transfer line from a spool to a reel assembly, the transfer assembly comprising, in combination:
- a spool support, the spool support comprising a spool-bearing portion, parallel rails axially extending from the spool-bearing portion, and anchoring means for anchoring the spool support to an external anchor, the rails each having a rail length;
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- a guide mechanism, the guide mechanism comprising a carriage member and opposed spool interface units, the carriage member having a member length and opposed member ends, the opposed member ends each having a rail-receiving aperture, the rails being received by the rail-receiving apertures such that the carriage member is borne by the rails relatively orthogonal thereto and displaceable along the rail lengths, the spool interface units each having a member-receiving aperture and a U-shaped flange-receiving portion the spool interface units receiving the member length intermediate the rails thereby being borne by the carriage member and displaceable along the member length intermediate the rails, the U-shaped flange-receiving portions of the spool interface units for receiving opposed, parallel flanges of a spool borne by the spool-bearing portion, the carriage member and spool interface units for providing line-guiding stop structure adjacent the spool as borne upon the spool-bearing portion.
A fishing line transfer kit for enabling a user to transfer line from a spool to a reel assembly, the transfer kit comprising:
- a line guide mechanism for enabling a user to guide fishing line from a flanged spool, the guide mechanism comprising a carriage member and spool-interfacing units, the carriage member having a member length and opposed member ends, the opposed member ends each having a rail-receiving aperture, the spool interface units each having a member-receiving aperture and a U-shaped flange-receiving portion, the spool interface units receiving the member length thereby being borne by the carriage member and axially displaceable along the member length, the U-shaped flange-receiving portions of the spool interface units for receiving opposed, parallel spool flanges of a spool,the carriage member and spool interface units for providing line-guiding stop structure adjacent spool flanges of the spool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.