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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Hyunkyu Kim, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Roy E. Stiner, Owasso, OK (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A braking apparatus for a fishing reel comprising: a side cover; a brake dial rotatably positioned in the side cover such that the brake dial is externally accessible and operable from outside of the side cover, the brake dial having a plurality of predetermined positions; at least one interacting boss provided on either the brake dial or the side cover; and a resilient boss operably provided on the other of the brake dial or the side cover for interaction with the interacting boss such that, as the dial is rotated in a given direction to a point where the resilient boss contacts an interacting boss, further rotation in that direction is inhibited until the user exerts sufficient force on the dial to deform the resilient boss thereby allowing the resilient boss to traverse the interacting boss.