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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1996
Hyunkyu Kim, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Zebco Corporation, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A fishing reel is provided having a frame with first and second laterally spaced parts between which a line storage space is defined, a spool upon which a supply of line can be wrapped, first structure cooperating between the spool and frame to allow the spool to be moved laterally through one of the first and second frame parts selectively between a) an operative position wherein the spool is supported for rotation about a first laterally extending axis and b) a separated position, a side cover assembly, and second structure cooperating between the side cover assembly and frame for mounting the side cover assembly to the frame for movement relative to the frame between a) a first position and b) a second position. The side cover assembly in a first position maintains the spool in an operative position and the second position allows the spool to be moved from the operative position to the separated position. Second cooperating structure mounts the side cover assembly to the frame for pivoting movement about a second axis between the first and second positions.