Spinning reel having a combined feathering and line pick-up means

Claim 1

IN A SPINNING REEL OF THE TYPE HAVING A ROTATABLE PICKUP HEAD, A STATIONARY COVER SURROUNDING SAID PICK-UP HEAD AND HAVING A PORTION SPACED AXIALLY FORWARDLY OF SAID HEAD A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE, A HUB MEANS MOUNTING THE PICKUP HEAD FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID COVER FOR EFFECTING BRAKING ACTION UPON FULL FORWARD AXIAL MOVEMENT, AND A LINE PICK-UP MEANS CARRIED BY SAID PICK-UP HEAD AND HELD IN LINE ENGAGING POSITION BY A PORTION OF SAID HUB WHEN SAID PICK-UP HEAD IS IN PREDETERMINED REARWARD POSITION, AND IN RETRACTED POSITION WHEN SAID PICK-UP HEAD IS IN PREDETERMINED FULL FORWARD POSITION, THE IMPROVEMENT IN SAID PICK-UP MEANS CHARACTERIZED BY SAID MEANS COMPRISING, (A) A SLIDE BLOCK MOUNTED BY SAID PICK-UP HEAD FOR GENERALLY RADICAL MOVEMENT, (B) A PICK-UP ELEMENT EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM SAID SLIDE BLOCK AND PROJECTABLE BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID PICK-UP HEAD INTO LINE ENGAGING POSITION, (C) SAID SLIDE BLOCK HAVING AN INNER CONTROL PORTION POSITIONED FOR COOPERATIVE ACTION WITH PORTIONS OF SAID HUB WHEREBY TO SUPPORT SAID SLIDE BLOCK IN A RADIALLY OUTWARD POSITION WHEN SAID PICK-UP HEAD IS IN A REARWARD POSITION, (D) SPRING MEANS URGING SAID SLIDE BLOCK RADIALLY INWARD, AND (E) GUIDE MEANS ON SAID PICK-UP HEAD GENERALLY EMBRACING SAID CONTROL PORTION AND COOPERATING WITH SAID SLIDE BLOCK TO LIMIT THE MOVEMENTS OF SAID PICK-UP ELEMENT TO A GENERALLY RADIAL DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO SAID PICK-UP HEAD WHILE ACCOMMODATING RELATIVE AXIS MOVEMENT OF THE INNER CONTROL PORTION OF SAID SLIDE BLOCK WITH RESPECT TO SAID PICK-UP HEAD SUBSTANTIALLY EFFECTIVELY EQUAL TO SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID PICK-UP HEAD AND COVER, (F) WHEREBY SAID INNER CONTROL PORTION REMAINS IN CONTACT WITH SAID HUB PORTION DURING SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL FORWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID PICK-UP HEAD.