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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Hyunkyu Kim, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
W. C. Bradley/Zebco Holdings, Inc., Columbus, GA (US);
Abstract
A braking apparatus for a fishing reel having at least two predetermined breaking positions comprising: a side cover having an aperture; a brake dial rotatably receivable in the aperture, the dial having a detent spring retained in a cavity therein; and a spool cover having one or more cam lobes wherein when the brake dial is positioned within the aperture, the spring lobe will interact with the cam lobe or lobes such that rotation of said brake dial will be inhibited in at least one direction until sufficient rotational force is applied to the brake dial to cause deformation of the detent spring sufficient to allow the spring lobe to traverse the interfering cam lobe.