US 12,439,902 B2
Fishing reel having metal front cover
Kang Ho Hyun, Bucheon (KR)
Assigned to DOYO ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Bucheon (KR)
Filed by DOYO ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Bucheon (KR)
Filed on May 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,220.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0060281 (KR), filed on May 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371486 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 89/01 (2006.01); A01K 89/015 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 89/0192 (2015.05) 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fishing reel comprising a metal front cover, the fishing reel comprising:
a frame comprising: a side wall on opposite sides thereof and forming a spool mounting part and a level wind mounting part, the side wall comprising: a support end formed along an edge surface of the side wall;
an assembling part formed at a lower end of the support end;
a supporting part formed at an upper end of the support end, the supporting part comprising: an assembling protrusion protruding forward from the supporting part;
a front cover made of a metal material and coupled to a front end of the side wall on the opposite sides of the frame to protect a level wind, the front cover comprising: a front part bent toward the frame and a coupling part formed at both ends of the front part, wherein the coupling part is detachably attached to the assembling part; and
a leg detachably attached to the front cover, a first end of the leg being detachably attached to the coupling part and a second end of the leg being detachably attached to the supporting part, wherein the assembling protrusion is inserted into an assembly groove formed on a front surface of the second end of the leg in such a manner that the leg is in a surface-contact with the support end.