Fishing line reel

Claim 1

FOR USE WITH A FISHING ROD HANDLE HAVING A REEL SEAT, A ONE-PIECE REEL BRACKET MADE OF A SINGLE ROD-LIKE MEMBER, SAID BRACKET BEING U-SHAPED AND INCLUDING AN UPPER LIMB DEFINING AN AXLE, A LOWER LIMB OF SHORTER LENGTH THAN SAID UPPER LIMB, A BRIGHT PORTION CONNECTING AND SPACING THE CORRESPONDING ENDS OF SAID LIMBS, SAID LOWER LIMB TERMINATING IN AN ELONGATED LOOP-SHAPED BASE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID LOWER LIMB AND INTEGRALLY JOINED AT ITS MID PORTION TO THE LATTER AND HAVING A PLANAR MOUNTING SURFACE WITH FLATTENED SURFACES AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS FOR ENGAGEMENT BY FASTENERS TO ANCHOR THE BRACKET TO A FISHING ROD HANDLE, THE FREE OUTER END OF SAID UPPER LIMB OVERHANGING AND PROJECTING BEYOND THE ADJACENT OUTER SIDE OF SAID BASE AND BEING SCREW-THREADED AND PROVIDED WITH AN ASSEMBLING AND RETAINING NUT AND A THRUST WASHER, THE JUNCTURE OF ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID UPPER LIMB AND BIGHT PORTION PROVIDING A STOP, A SLEEVE MOUNTED UPON SAID UPPER LIMB ABUTTING SAID STOP, SAID SLEEVE HAVING A FLANGE DEFINING A SHOULDER, FIRST AND SECOND WASHERS MOUNTED ON SAID UPPER LIMB WITH SAID FIRST WASHER ABUTTING SAID SHOULDER, A COIL SPRING BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND WASHERS AND SURROUNDING SAID UPPER LIMB, A REEL HAVING A BORED HUB ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID UPPER LIMB BETWEEN AND ENGAGED BY SAID THRUST AND SAID SECOND WASHERS, SAID COIL SPRING BIASING SAID SECOND WASHER INTO FRICTIONAL BRAKING CONTACT WITH SAID REEL.