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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1988
Robert L McMickle, Spirit Lake, IA (US);
Bradley J Benit, Spirit Lake, IA (US);
Steven L Grice, Spirit Lake, IA (US);
Berkley, Inc., Spirit Lake, IA (US);
Abstract
A bail release mechanism for a spinning fishing reel having a spring guided by a drive shoe having no fixed pivot to drive a bail support arm from an open-bail position to a closed-bail position. A ramp integral with a bearing cover on the reel drives a trip spring in the form of a Z-shaped wire which moves the bail support arm from a near-over-center position past an over-center position to a remote non-over-center position. A sliding drive shoe couples a bias spring to the bail support arm to drive the bail support arm to one of the open and closed positions. A manually operable trigger engages the bail support arm to drive the bail support arm to the open position.