Patent ID: 6502775
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: A01K,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
A reversible crank handle system for a fishing reel comprising:a drive gear rotatably mounted in the fishing reel, said drive gear having: a first face; a second face; a passageway extending through said drive gear between said first face and said second face; a first tapered notch coaxial with said passageway and located at a first end of said passageway; a second tapered notch coaxial with said passageway and located at a second end of said passageway a crankshaft including: an elongate portion receivable through said passageway; a crank handle nonrotatably affixed to a first end of said crankshaft; a wedge coaxial with said elongate portion, wherein, when said elongate portion is inserted through said passageway from said first end of said passageway, said wedge will engage said first notch and when said elongate portion is inserted through said passageway from said second end of said passageway, said wedge will engage said second notch.