US 12,419,291 B1
Spinning type fishing reel with bi-directionally rotating rotor and drag control to prevent line twist
Thomas Sandstrom, Oakland Park, FL (US)
Assigned to Hooker Trust, LLC, Oakland Park, FL (US)
Filed by Hooker Trust, LLC, Oakland Park, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/457,873.
Application 18/457,873 is a continuation of application No. 17/862,104, filed on Jul. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,737,440.
Application 17/862,104 is a continuation of application No. 17/131,120, filed on Dec. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,382,319, issued on Jul. 12, 2022.
Application 17/131,120 is a continuation of application No. 16/713,213, filed on Dec. 13, 2019, granted, now 10,869,467, issued on Dec. 22, 2020.
Application 16/713,213 is a continuation of application No. 16/218,998, filed on Dec. 13, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/598,014, filed on Dec. 13, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01K 89/01 (2006.01); A01K 89/015 (2006.01); A01K 89/0155 (2006.01); A01K 89/016 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 89/0155 (2013.01) [A01K 89/0162 (2015.05); A01K 89/01931 (2015.05)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of reducing line twist imparted onto a fishing line by a spinning reel, said spinning reel including a body having a hand crank rotatably connected thereto, a spool, wherein said method comprises:
providing the spinning reel with a rotatable rotor capable of both clockwise and counter-clockwise rotations, and disposed in surrounding relation with the spool;
providing a drag assembly to apply drag force to said rotor, and a drag adjustment member configured to adjust drag force applied by said drag assembly to said rotor to prevent the rotor from imparting twist on the fishing line by enabling the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction while the handle is cranked in a winding mode thereby preventing the rotor from imparting twist on the line.