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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:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
John M Bauer, Salinas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242317 ; 242295 ; 242298 ;
Abstract
A fly fishing reel having a large diameter arbor wall defining a large diameter recess within the spool within which recess are contained support structure for rotatably supporting the spool, and a digitally manipulable drag adjustment knob rotatably actuable through use of a single finger to apply a rotary adjusting moment on the knob. Also enclosed within the large diameter central recess of the reel is a zero backlash drag engagement structure operable to eliminate line jerk and to control the direction of rotation of the spool, thus enabling customizing of the reel for right or left handed fishermen.