Fixture for winding fishing line onto a fishing pole reel

Claim 2

A fixture for mounting on a fishing pole for transferring fishing line on a supply spool to the reel of the pole, and in a manner without inducing kinks and entanglements therein, said fixture comprising a head portion and a body portion projecting laterally of said head portion, means on said head portion for clamping said fixture to the pole in spaced relation to the reel thereof, support means secured to said body portion and projecting laterally thereof for rotatably mounting a spool of fishing line thereon, means coacting with the last mentioned support means for maintaining the spool of fishing line on said support means, said support means comprising shaft means on which the spool of fishing line is adapted for rotatable mounting, and other shaft means for extending the length of the first mentioned shaft means, whereby various widths of spools of fishing line or a plurality of spools of fishing line can be selectively mounted on said fixture, and means for removably storing said extending shaft means on said fixture in spaced relation to said first mentioned shaft means.

Claim 3

A fixture in accordance with claim 1 wherein said clamping means comprises an inner side clamping surface on said head portion and a relatively movable shoe disposed in confronting relation to said surface, and means extending between said surface and said shoe and supporting the latter for movement toward and away from said surface, the last mentioned means having means movably mounted thereon and coacting therewith for selectively urging said shoe in a direction toward said surface for clamping the pole between said surface and said shoe.

Claim 4

A fixture in accordance with claim 1 including braking means mounted on one of said portions and adapted for actuation for selectively restricting a rotary movement of a mounted spool of fishing line.

Claim 5

A fixture in accordance with claim 3 wherein said braking means comprises a flexible tongue anchored at one end thereof to said body portion, and movable stud means mounted on said body portion and coacting with said tongue for urging said tongue laterally of said body portion and into engagement with a side of an adjacent spool of fishing line.

Claim 6

A fixture in accordance with Claim 4 wherein said stud means comprises a threaded member engaging in threaded coaction through an opening in said body portion and having a handle portion thereon for manual gripping for threadedly moving the threaded member relative to said body portion and into and from abutting engagement with said tongue.

Claim 7

A fixture in accordance with claim 2 wherein said surface and said shoe each have a slot therein running longitudinally thereof, said slots being disposed in confronting relation for receiving a fishing pole therein, said last mentioned means comprising a threaded shank extending from said head portion laterally thereof and extending through an opening in said shoe for mounting said shoe on said head portion, and said movably mounted means comprising a threaded nut coacting with said threaded shank and adapted for abutting relationship with said shoe for urging said shoe into tight gripping coaction with the fishing line pole.

Claim 8

A fixture in accordance with claim 1 wherein the storing means is on said head portion.

Claim 9

A fixture in accordance with claim 7 wherein said extending shaft means has a threaded recess in one end thereof and wherein said first mentioned shaft means comprises a threaded stub on the distal end thereof adapted to be threadedly received in said recess for connecting said extending shaft means to said first mentioned shaft means and thereby extending the latter laterally further from said body portion, said storing means on said head portion comprising a threaded stud projecting laterally of said head portion and formed complementary to said recess for being threadedly received therein in supporting relation in the stored condition of said extending shaft means, said clamping means on said head portion including a threaded nut threadedly mounted on said stud, the projection of said stud laterally of said nut in the clamping condition of the latter being such that the distal end of said stud coacts with said recess to prevent engagement of said extending shaft means with said nut, to thus provide for ready disengagement of said extending shaft means from said stud without disturbing the clamping position and clamping effect of said nut on said stud.

Claim 10

A fixture in accordance with claim 8 wherein said extending shaft means includes a threaded stub on the end thereof opposite to said recess, the last mentioned stub being adapted to receive thereon in removable threaded relation said means for maintaining the spool or spools of fishing line on said support means in the extended condition of the latter.