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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2001
Roy E. Stiner, Owasso, OK (US);
W.C. Bradley/Zebco Holdings, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A fishing reel which displays an estimated weight of a fish caught on a hook attached to fishing line attached to the fishing reel while the fish is reeled-in that includes a line spool; a load cell for measuring an outward force pulling on the line; a processor in communication with the output of the load cell such that the processor can periodically read the outward force on the line; and a display for displaying an estimated weight of the fish to a fisherman. The processor calculates an estimated weight and updates the display which displays the estimated weight, based on forces measured between the time a fish strikes the hook and the landing of the fish.