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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:
Nov. 28, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1991
Lorens G Hlava, Clinton, MO (US);
Thomas A Pulliam, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Zebco Corporation, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
An antireverse mechanism in a fishing reel of the type having a housing with a rear wall. The reel also includes a line carrying spool, a crank shaft that is rotatable about a first axis and a structure for directing line onto the spool as an incident of the crank shaft rotating about the first axis in a first direction. The antireverse mechanism is selectably placeable in a) an 'on' position for preventing rotation of the crank shaft about the first axis opposite to the first direction and b) an 'off' position for allowing the crank shaft to rotate about the first axis opposite the first direction. An actuator switch for placing the antireverse mechanism selectively in its 'on' and 'off' positions is provided. A mounting structure mounts the actuator switch to the rear housing wall for movement between first and second positions corresponding to the 'on' and 'off' positions of the antireverse mechanism.