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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bob G Shepherd, West Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Shakespeare Company, Columbia, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 / ;
Abstract
An open face type fishing reel having a flyer (24) rotatable on the spool shaft (14) and having an inclined peripheral notch (34) for catching and winding the line on the spool (15), rotation of the flyer causing the notch to pick up and direct the line onto the spool. Limited retrorotation of the flyer axially displaces the spool to casting position, and means (38) (44) are provided to lock it in casting position, and to release and return the spool to closed position when the flyer is rotated to retrieve the line.