Patent ID: 11864543
Assignee: CARY HOGAN JONES
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A fishing reel comprising:
a housing having an external circumferential surface and an internal circumferential surface;
a spool configured to have a length of fishing line wound thereon, the spool being rotatable relative to the housing about a rotation shaft, the spool comprising at least one brake mount; and
a brake assembly mounted to and rotatable with the spool, the brake assembly including a mounting plate, a backing plate, and a plurality of pawls pivotally mounted to the mounting plate and the backing plate, the plurality of pawls each including a contact surface arranged facing the internal circumferential surface, the mounting plate comprising at least one mounting plate spool mount and the backing plate comprising at least one backing plate spool mount;
wherein rotation of the fishing reel upon the fishing line being pulled out of the fishing reel when a fish pulls on the fishing line causes a centrifugal force that moves the contact surface of the plurality of pawls into contact with the internal circumferential surface to reduce a rotational speed of the spool relative to the housing, and wherein the brake assembly is reversibly and detachably mounted to the spool to change the fishing reel from a left-handed reel configuration to a right-handed reel configuration, wherein, in the left-handed reel configuration, the mounting plate is attached to the spool by attaching the at least one mounting plate spool mount directly to the at least one brake mount and the at least one backing plate spool mount is spaced apart from the at least one brake mount, and wherein, in the right-handed reel configuration, the backing plate is attached to the spool by attaching the at least one backing plate spool mount directly to the at least one brake mount and the at least one mounting plate spool mount is spaced apart from the at least one brake mount, and wherein in both the left-handed reel configuration and the right-handed reel configuration a fastener extends through the at least one mounting plate spool mount, the at least one backing plate spool mount, and the at least one brake mount.