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US 9,480,246 B1Granted
Detachable line cartridge system
AssigneeBetter Fishtrap, Inc.
InventorsAdam Carlebach, Timothy Odell, KwunKit Ho, Hsin Han Chiang
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and products for a detachable line cartridge system. A detachable line cartridge system has a spool base and a detachable flange assembly having an aperture and a locking mechanism that engages with the spool base, wherein the flange assembly is configured to secure a line cartridge to the spool base.
Claims21
A detachable line cartridge system for a spinning reel comprising:
- a spool base configured to be mounted to the spinning reel, the spinning reel having a rotor assembly configured to rotate around the spool base to wind line around a line cartridge secured to the spool base;
- and
- a detachable flange assembly having an aperture and a locking mechanism that engages with the spool base, wherein the detachable flange assembly is configured to secure the line cartridge to the spool base.
A method comprising:
- mating a line cartridge having an aperture to a spool base attached to a spinning reel, the spinning reel having a rotor assembly configured to rotate around the spool base to wind line around the line cartridge;
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- securing the line cartridge to the spool base of the spinning reel by attaching a detachable flange assembly to the spool base of the spinning reel, the detachable flange assembly having a locking mechanism configured to engage with the spool base of the spinning reel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.