US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 223
.~ Fishing rod reel

Current as of: June, 1999
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242 /   HD   WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING

370  DF  REELING DEVICE {11}
223.~ Fishing rod reel {8}
224  DF  .~.~> Axial unwinding (i.e., spinning reel) {6}
249  DF  .~.~> With drive mechanism {9}
285  DF  .~.~> With brake {8}
305  DF  .~.~> With unwinding indicator (e.g., bell or flashing light) {2}
309  DF  .~.~> With line unwinding limiter
310  DF  .~.~> Frame or static component {7}
322  DF  .~.~> Spool or spool shaft feature
323  DF  .~.~> Reel attachment

DEFINITION

Classification: 242/223

Fishing rod reel:

(under subclass 370) Subject matter comprising a portable reel adapted for use with a fishing rod and generally including a frame and drive device for causing a line to be wound by a line take-up member in the form of (a) a rotated spool, or (b) a line guide rotated about a normally nonrotated spool; fishing reel components not provided for elsewhere, or attachments designed for direct association with a fishing reel.

(1) Note. The frame may include a mounting bracket releasably connectable to a fishing rod, or it may be an integral part of a nominally recited fishing rod.

(2) Note. To avoid diffusion of the art, a reel used on a fishing rod, but whose drive mechanism is replaced by hand wrapping are also classified in this and the indented subclasses.

(3) Note. This subclass is the locus for a specific fishing reel in combination with a measuring and calculating or indicating device.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

33, Geometrical Instruments,

720, and 734+ for specific measuring device in a reel. 702, Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Treating,

158+, for linear distance or length measurement system.