Berkley Corporation

Berkley & Company, Inc.

Brad J Benit

James T Rumbaugh

Gary B Ader

Bait casting rod handle

Spin casting rod handle

Spinning rod handle

A fishing line dispenser and display package 10 having a cover 12 and a container section 14 that rotatably engage and support a spool of fishing line 26. The spool 26 rotates around a spindle 54 formed in the dispenser 10. Internal threads 40, formed on the inner circumference of the lip ring 16 provide threadable engagement of cover 12 to the external threads 38 carried by a mouth ring 36 of container 14. A fluid tight seal is provided between cover 12 and container 14 when line is not being dispensed. The fishing line 24 is dispensed through a fishing line feed aperture 22. Also contained within dispenser 10 is a resilient pad 34 for engaging a side wall 48 of the spool 26 and housing 10 thereby providing drag to the fishing line 24 being dispensed. The fishing line adjustable dispenser 10 also has projecting from its housing a bracket with a pair of shaft engaging hooks 20 formed in it, for attachment of the dispenser 10 to a shaft of a fishing rod 58 for ease in dispensing fishing line onto a rod-mounted reel.

Fishing line dispenser and display package

Pistol grip bait casting handle

A bait casting rod and handle and a method for manufacturing a bait casting handle, wherein the handle includes a grip or butt portion milled in one pass from a block of EVA material having a rod blank butt receiving lumen extending substantially the full length of the handle.

Milling device for a rod handle

Growing community of inventors

Spirit Lake, IA, United States of America

Brad J Benit