US 12,484,564 B2
Anti-reverse mechanism for fishing reel
Larry Pulkrabek, Superior, WI (US); and Matt Haas, Superior, WI (US)
Assigned to TRIKAUSA INC., Superior, WI (US)
Filed by TrikaUSA Inc., Superior, WI (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/095,688.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/303,671, filed on Jan. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232802 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 89/01 (2006.01); A01K 89/015 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 89/0182 (2015.05) [A01K 89/0185 (2015.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fishing reel comprising:
a frame; and
an anti-reverse mechanism comprising:
a drive member;
a ratchet plate rotatably coupled with the drive member;
a biasing member frictionally engaged with the ratchet plate and the drive member, wherein the biasing member is positioned within a space between the ratchet plate and an annular protrusion of the drive member, the biasing member configured to float within the space between the ratchet plate and the annular protrusion of the drive member; and
a plurality of engagement members pivotally coupled with the frame and configured to be pivoted by the biasing member as the biasing member rotates, the plurality of engagement members configured to be driven to pivot out of engagement with the ratchet plate as the biasing member rotates in a first direction to allow rotation of the drive member in the first direction, and configured to be driven to pivot into engagement with the ratchet plate as the biasing member rotates in a second direction to limit further rotation of the drive member in the second direction.