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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Thomas L. Dunlop, Lake City, MI (US);
David W. White, Smithfield, UT (US);
Inventors:
Thomas L. Dunlop, Lake City, MI (US);
David W. White, Smithfield, UT (US);
Assignee:
The Bohning Company, LTD, Lake City, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41B 5/00 (2006.01); A01K 89/00 (2006.01); A01K 91/02 (2006.01); A01K 89/01 (2006.01); A01K 89/08 (2006.01); F41B 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 89/0108 (2013.01); A01K 89/08 (2013.01); F41B 5/1488 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bowfishing reel that is biased into an open position in which the line is free to be fed from the reel. When desired, the user can actuate a mechanism that forces the bail into the closed position while the mechanism is engaged. Once the mechanism is released, the bail returns to the open position.