Berkley & Company, Inc.

The Toro Company

Gary R Oberg

James T Rumbaugh

Robert L McMickle

A rotary cutting assembly with an automatic filament feed. The assembly includes a driven member which is coupled to a drive source and contains a storage spool for the cutting line. The line or filament is automatically advanced from the spool upon displacement of the same through engagement of a ground engaging hub with a surface. Such displacement causes operation of a ratchet means mounted in part on the movable spool or associated therewith and in part on the driven member to permit a limited rotary displacement of the spool within the driven member during rotation of the driven member.

Rotary cutting assembly with filament feed

Fillable anchor

Hook for hanging meat

A visual marker means for attachment to the floatation gear of a water skier to enable the skier to be more readily detected when down in the water. The marker means includes a staff having a flag member secured to the upper end thereof, and attachment means are secured to the lower end of the staff to permit releasable attachment of the staff and flag member to the floatation gear of the water skier. The attachment means includes a resilient belt or strap member which is coupled at its upper end to the staff, and at its lower end to the staff securing buckle or plate, the attachment being such that the belt and the staff form a closed loop for the attachment of the safety flag to the floatation gear of the skier.

Water ski safety flag

An open-face spinning reel having a conventional line spool assembly, spool cap means, and line bail means, the reel structure being further provided with an adjustable drag mechanism for controllably adjusting the rotation of the line spool upon the spindle shaft. The drag assembly includes an indicator bezel which is arcuately fixed to the spindle shaft. A drag adjustment knob means threadedly engaged upon the spindle shaft applies a drag force against the indicator bezel and the drag assembly, the adjustment knob means having indicia cooperatively arranged with indicia on the indicator bezel so as to provide for an absolute indication of the force being applied to the drag assembly and accordingly the amount of frictional force resisting free rotation of the line spool.

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Spirit Lake, IA, United States of America

Gary R Oberg