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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Newton Young, Fairfax, CA (US);
Assignee:
Charles C. Worth Corporation, San Rafael, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242245 ; 242247 ; 242300 ; 242301 ; 1922234 ;
Abstract
An anti-reverse mechanism that is adaptable to have application in a majority of conventional fishing reel designs and configurations. More particularly, a coil-spring, anti-reverse mechanism that acts upon certain standard components of a drive train in a conventional fishing reel, including the main gear, rotor and pinion. In preferred embodiments, the anti-reverse mechanism of the present invention may further include an On/Off selector assembly for selectively engaging the anti-reverse mechanism.