Line supply device for fishing pole

Claim 1

A LINE SUPPLY DEVICE FOR ATTACHMENT INTERMEDIATE THE LENGTH OF THE FISHING POLE TO RELEASABLY HOLD A SLACK LENGTH OF FISHING LINE INTERMEDIATE A REEL MOUNTED ADJACENT THE REARWARD END OF THE POLE AND THE OTHER END OF SAID POLE COMPRISING; A CYLINDRICAL LINE SUPPLY HOUSING HAVINGA SMOOTH EXTERIOR SURFACE TO RECEIVE A SLACK LENGHT OF LINE IN PERIPHERAL WINDINGS OVER THE AXIAL LENGTH THERE OF; CLAMP MEANS ON THE HOUSING TO RELEASABLY ATTACH THE LINE SUPPLY TO A FISHING POLE AND TO HOLD THE AXIS OF THE HOUSING SUBSTNATIALLY PARALLEL TO THE CENTER LINE OF THE POLE ADJACENT THE REEL; A FOOT PORTION OF GREATER DIAMETER THAN THE MAIN BODY OF THE HOUSING ON THE RAREWARD END OF SAID HOUSING; CLIP MEANS MOUNTED ON THE FOOT TO RELEASABLY TRAP THE SLACK LENGTH OF A LINE ON THE HOUSING, AID CLIP MEANS HAVINGA MOUNTING LEG SECURED TO SAID FOOT PORTION IN A REGION REMOTE FROM SAID CLAMP MEANS, THE SAID CLIP MEANS OPENING FORWARDLY, RESPONSIVE TO A SUDDEN TENSION FORCE ON THE LINE GREATER THAN THE NORMAL DRAG FORCES CAUSED BY A HOOK DRAGGED IN THE WATER AND CONNECTED TO THE LINE, AND EFFECTIVE TO RELEASE THE LINE FROM THE CLIP MEANS SO THAT A SLACK LENGTH OF LINE ON THE HOUSING IS FREE TO DROP READILY INTO THE WATE,R SAID CLIP MEANS INCLUDING A NORMALLYCLOSED, REVERSELY-BENT LEAF SPRING EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID FOOT PORTION AND DEFINING A BITE THROUGH WHICH THE HOOK END OF THE SLACK LENGTH IS PASSED; AND ADJUSTING MEANS TO ADJUST THE TENSION OF THE CLIP MEANS.