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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Steven M. Hemkens, Arlington, VT (US);
Deborah a Laun, Syracuse, NY (US);
David T. Middleton, Jr., Skaneateles, NY (US);
Inventors:
Steven M. Hemkens, Arlington, VT (US);
Deborah A Laun, Syracuse, NY (US);
David T. Middleton, Jr., Skaneateles, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Orvis Company, Inc., Sunderland, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 75/14 (2006.01); B65H 75/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tippet spool is self-orientating when displayed on pegs at retail. The tippet spool also has structures adapted to interlock adjacent tippet spools in a stack with one spool rotatable with respect to its neighbors. The tippet spool is self orientating because of an asymmetrical central opening with the center of mass of the tippet spool opposite the portion of the central opening furthest from the center of the spool.