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

Claim 11:
12. A fishing reel comprising
a housing having a radially inward facing surface;
a spool configured to have a length of fishing line wound thereon and being rotatably mounted to the housing, the spool comprising at least one brake mount; and
a brake assembly including a mounting plate, a backing plate, and at least one pawl, the at least one pawl having a contact surface arranged to contact the radially inward facing surface to create a braking force that reduces a rotation speed of the spool relative to the housing, the brake assembly being reversibly and detachably mounted to the spool in a first position providing a right hand arrangement for the fishing reel and a second position providing a left hand arrangement for the fishing reel, and wherein the at least one pawl comprises a weighted plate removably attached to an end of the at least one pawl, the mounting plate comprising at least one mounting plate spool mount and the backing plate comprising at least one backing plate spool mount, wherein, in the left-handed reel arrangement, 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 arrangement, 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 arrangement and the right-handed reel arrangement 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.