Fishing reel
OwnerWilliam Joseph Lombardoinventor
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Abstract
A fishing reel having a reel housing comprising a ring gear with a rod mount directly or indirectly attached to the ring gear and a spool positioned within the ring gear, a reel crank adapted to impart rotational movement to the spool, a line guide positioned radially outwardly from the spool, a flange hingedly attached to the spool, wherein the spool may be positioned in a first casting position wherein the axis of the spool is generally parallel to a fishing rod when the rod mount is mounted to the fishing rod; and wherein the spool is movable 90 degrees with respect to the flange to be positioned in a second reeling position, wherein the axis of the spool is generally perpendicular to a fishing line being retrieved upon line retrieval; and wherein as the reel crank is rotated the spool orbitally rotates within the ring gear.
Claims22
A fishing reel comprising:
- a reel housing comprising a ring gear;
- a rod mount attached to the ring gear;
- a spool having an axis, and adapted to be positioned within the ring gear;
- a reel crank adapted to impart rotational movement to the spool;
- a line guide positioned radially outwardly from the spool;
- a flange hingedly attached to the spool;
- wherein the spool may be positioned in a first casting position wherein the axis of the spool is generally parallel to a fishing rod when the rod mount is mounted to the fishing rod;
- and
- wherein the spool is movable 90 degrees with respect to the flange to be positioned in a second reeling position within the ring gear, wherein the axis of the spool is generally perpendicular to a fishing line being retrieved upon line retrieval;
- and
- wherein when the reel crank is rotated when the spool is in the second reeling position, the spool orbitally rotates within the ring gear and in a position generally perpendicular to the fishing line being retrieved through 360 degrees of rotation and the spool also rotates about its axis.
The fishing reel of 9, further including a releasable latch that latches the flange to the spool such that the spool is retained in its second reeling position.
A fishing reel comprising:
- a reel housing comprising a ring gear;
- a rod mount attached to the ring gear;
- a spool having an axis, and the spool adapted to be positioned within the ring gear;
- a reel crank adapted to impart rotational movement to the spool;
- a line guide positioned radially outwardly from the spool;
- wherein the spool may be positioned in a first reeling position within the ring gear wherein the axis of the spool is generally perpendicular to a fishing line being retrieved;
- and
- wherein when the reel crank is rotated, the spool orbitally rotates within the ring gear and in a position generally perpendicular to the fishing line being retrieved through 360 degrees of rotation and the spool also rotates about its axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.