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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096493 | Bail release mechanism for spinning reels A bail assembly for a spinning-type fishing reel is disclosed that includes a first bail arm, a second bail arm, a bail wire disposed between the first bail arm and the second bail arm, and a readily releasable attachment device disposed on the first bail arm to rea... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7967232 | Spinning-reel fishing line guide mechanism In a bail arm of a spinning reel, a first bail support member includes a through hole penetrating therethrough toward an inner periphery of the roller from outside. A cap member made of a synthetic resin is attached to the through hole. The cap member includes a lub... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7922112 | Bail for spinning reel A bail assembly is provided for a spinning reel of the type having a spool mounted for reciprocal and rotational movement with respect to a body, a drag system, a rotor with a line pickup generally surrounding the spool, and a handle drive mechanism for reciprocatin... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7665683 | Fishing line guiding mechanism of spinning reel A bail arm is provided in a spinning reel for guiding a fishing line to a spool and is mounted to a rotor that includes a first rotor arm and a second rotor arm opposed to the first rotor arm. The bail arm includes a first bail support member 40, a fixing sha... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7296764 | Spinning reel A spinning reel has a reel body and a rotor. The rotor has a base pivoted to the base, a first arm pivoted to an end of the base, a second arm pivoted to the other end of the base, an arc connected between the first arm and the second arm, a guiding block disposed b... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7258324 | Ratcheting winch with a magnetically biased pawl A winch for controlling the tautness of a length of wire includes a generally U-shaped frame and a spindle rotatably mounted on the frame, the spindle serving as a spool on which the length of wire can be wound. The winch additionally includes a ratchet rotatably mo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7234660 | Spinning reel rotor braking device A braking member includes a body member and first and second interposed members. The first and second interposed members are detachably/reattachably mounted between a mounting groove and the body member. A braking force of the braking member is configured to be adju... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222809 | Bail assembly for spinning reel An improved bail assembly for a spinning reel which, in one aspect includes a bail arm with a roller hood having an outer converging end portion wherein a bail wire extends from the converging end portion in an initial substantially straight manner such that there a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7182319 | Roller assembly for a lifting device for a personal-transportation vehicle A preferred embodiment of a roller assembly for a lifting device for a personal-transportation vehicle includes a shaft member for mounting on a lifting arm assembly of the lifting device and having an outer surface, and a roller member for supporting a lifting stra... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178751 | Fishing reel A fishing reel comprising an improved bail and/or spool system. In one example of the fishing reel, an improved bail and spool system may be adapted to facilitate casting of the fishing line. In another example of the fishing reel, an improved bail and spool system ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159812 | Spinning reel A spinning reel has a reel body and a rotor. The rotor has a base pivoted to the base, a first arm pivoted to an end of the base, a second arm pivoted to the other end of the base, an arc connected between the first arm and the second arm, a guiding block disposed b... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7137585 | Fishing line guide mechanism for a spinning reel A fishing line guide mechanism for a spinning reel includes a bail arm that has a bail, a first bail arm support member and a line roller. The line roller has a guide portion and a flange portion that extends radially outward from an end of the guide portion. The fi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7118058 | Spinning reel rotor A spinning reel rotor is rotatively mounted onto a reel unit of a spinning reel and winds fishing line onto a spool. The rotor is provided with a cylindrical portion, a bail arm, and first and second rotor arms having first and second cover members. The cylindrical ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118060 | Rotor for spinning reel A rotor includes a cylindrical portion, a front wall, and first and second rotor arms. The front wall is formed on an inner periphery of the cylindrical portion near its front end. The first and second rotor arms are arranged opposite one another on the sides of the... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7083133 | Fishing line guide mechanism for a spinning reel and method of manufacturing the same A bail arm of a spinning reel includes first and second bail support members, a bail, a fixed shaft, a line roller, and a fixed shaft cover. The front end of the fixed shaft on one end is fixedly coupled to the first bail support member. The fixed shaft cover is fix... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077349 | Fishing line guide mechanism for spinning reel A bail arm for a spinning reel is mounted to first and second rotor arms and includes first and second bail support members, a bail, a fixed shaft fixedly coupled to the first bail support member, a line roller supported by the fixed shaft, a fixed shaft cover havin... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070137 | Handle assembly for a spinning reel A handle assembly is detachably screwed onto a master gear shaft, on which a master gear is provided. The handle assembly includes an approximately T-shaped handle grip, a handle arm on which the handle grip is rotatively mounted, and a handle shaft on which the bas... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7028937 | Reel unit for spinning reel A reel unit has a housing unit, a first lid, a second lid, and a rod-attachment portion. The housing unit has an accommodation space formed in the interior thereof that accommodates and supports a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism has a master gear non-rotatably ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7007880 | Fishing line guide mechanism for spinning reel A fixed shaft cover of a bail arm includes a first guide portion that guides line along its outer circumference, and an indented portion that is disposed such that a bail is interposed between it and the first guide portion. The indented portion further includes a s... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6979269 | Combination chipper and putter golf club A combination chipper and putter golf club has a club head with a ball putting side surface and an opposing ball chipping side surface. The club head has a bore formed perpendicularly therethrough which receives a tube extension fixed to a hosel short depending shaf... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6971599 | Spinning reel rotor braking device A spinning reel rotor braking device has a moving member, a braking member, and a restriction mechanism. The moving member is provided on the rotor and movable between a first position and a second position as the bail arm moves. The braking member is mounted on the... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964616 | Adjustable putter for dual handed use A putter comprises a linearly elongated telescopic shaft having a handle or grip at an end. The shaft is coupled to a putter head at an opposing (lower or inferior) end. The head is adjustable for altering the lie angle of the putter. The putter may further comprise... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6955314 | Rotor for a spinning reel A rotor of a spinning reel includes a rotor unit, and a fishing line guide portion. The rotor unit has a body portion that is rotatably mounted on the reel unit, and first and second rotor arms that each extend forward from opposing positions on the outer peripheral... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6929204 | Method of manufacturing a spinning reel rotor A spinning reel rotor includes a cylindrical portion, first and second rotor arms, a bail arm, and a second cover member. The cylindrical portion is mounted rotatably to one end of a reel unit. The first and a second rotor arms extend in a direction away from the re... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6913216 | Trip mechanism for fishing reel The invention involves a holding mechanism located between and pivoting at two points, the first point at the rotor, and the second point at a location found on the primary bracket. In addition, the invention allows for the holding mechanism and the trip mechanism t... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905086 | Spinning-reel fishing-line guiding mechanism A bail arm includes a first bail-support member, a second bail-support member, a bail, a stationary shaft, a line roller, and a stationary shaft cover. The bail includes a rod-shaped portion formed into a rod shape and a plate-shaped portion formed into a plate shap... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902127 | Reel unit for spinning reel A spinning-reel reel unit has a housing unit, a first lid, a second lid, a rod-attachment portion, and a cover member. The housing unit has a housing space formed therein for accommodating and supporting a drive mechanism. The first lid is fixedly coupled to a side ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899295 | Spinning reel having line roller mechanism A spinning reel having a line roller mechanism provided between a bail arm lever and a line slider connected thereto. The line roller mechanism includes a generally cylindrical fishing line guide surface portion along which the fishing line is guided, a first annula... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6845934 | Rotor braking device for spinning reel A rotor braking mechanism brakes a rotor when a bail arm pivots into the line-releasing position, and includes a moving member and a braking member mounted on a mounting groove formed on the base end of a cylindrical portion. The braking member includes first and se... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6843439 | Anti-reverse bail control A spinning reel has a rotor assembly that is rotatable about the axis of a spool used to store fishing line. The rotor assembly contains a pivotable bail system which can be open or closed, to facilitate casting and retrieving, respectively, of the fishing line. The... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6786442 | Spinning reel rotor A spinning reel rotor is rotatably mounted on a reel unit of a spinning reel for winding a fishing line onto a spool. The rotor includes a rotor unit, a bail arm, and an inertia-imparting ring. The rotor unit has a cylindrical portion that is rotatably mounted on th... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6766974 | Clicking reel shell for spinning reel A clicking reel shell for a spinning reel includes a base, two support arms extending outwardly from two sides of the base, two bail arms respectively pivotally mounted to the two support arms, and a bail connected with the two bail arms. One of the two bail arms ha... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6672525 | Fishing gear A fishing gear in which an attached part (8) is assembled onto a main body member (6) formed of a base metal protected by an insulating coating, characterized in that a fixing member (20) for attaching and fixing the attached part to the main body member ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6651916 | Spinning-reel bail-tripping device Spinning-reel bail-tripping mechanism is a device for returning bail arm from line-releasing posture to line-retrieving posture as rotor rotates in line-retrieving direction. Bail-tripping mechanism includes shifting member that shifts front-to-rear as ba... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6644578 | Fishing reel with a bail arm unit A fishing reel includes a rotating wheel unit rotatable on a main body about a rotating axis, and a bail arm unit. The rotating wheel unit has two U-shaped bail-supporting portions, each of which is formed with two parallel inner surfaces that define a so... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6637690 | Spinning reel for fishing The line roller 23 is rotatably supported on the supporting portion 17 of a supporting member 11 through bearings 25, 27. The bearings are interposed between an inner periphery of the line roller and the supporting portion of a supporting member, arranged... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6609670 | Spinning reel rotor braking device Rotor braking device for stably braking the rotor in a spinning reel, regardless of fluctuations in the amount a shifting member of the device shifts, and for shifting the shifting member smoothly when contacting the rotor braking member. The rotor brakin... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6595449 | Fishing line guiding mechanism for spinning reel A bail arm includes a bail, a fixed shaft formed by a machining process, a line roller supported by fixed shaft, and a fixed shaft cover formed in one piece with fixed shaft by a die forming process. Fixed shaft cover includes a guiding portion and a rece... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6572042 | Spinning-reel line guiding apparatus A spinning-reel line-guiding apparatus that prevents fishing line snarl on a bail arm is provided. A spinning reel bail arm 7 has first and second bail-support members, a stationary shaft 10, a stationary-shaft cover 11, a line roller 12, and a bail 13. T... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6572041 | Fishing-line guiding mechanism for spinning reel Spinning-reel bail arm is provided on the fore-ends of first and second rotor arms to let it pivot between a line-guiding posture and a line-releasing posture, and is furnished with: first and second bail-support members mounted pivotally on the fore-ends... | 06/03/2003 |
