Patent ID: 7435193

Claim:
A retrieval device for tethered sport articles, comprising: a motor and reel assembly housing having a line passage end with a line passage defined therethrough; a selectively operable reel drive motor disposed within the motor and reel assembly housing, the motor having a rotatable shaft; a portable electrical power supply disposed in the assembly housing, the power supply being electrically to the motor; a stationary line spool disposed within the motor and reel assembly housing, the spool encircling the shaft; a line rewind reel assembly disposed on the motor shaft; an elongate extension tube assembly extending from the line passage end of the motor and reel assembly housing; and a tether line adapted for attachment to a tethered article, the line being disposed on the line spool and passing over the line rewind reel assembly and outwardly from the motor and reel assembly housing through the line passage thereof and through the extension tube assembly, the line rewind reel assembly having means for capturing the tether line and rewinding the line on the stationary spool when the motor is actuated; wherein said extension tube assembly further includes: an elongate spring housing having at least a motor and reel assembly housing attachment end; a tethered article shock take-up spring disposed within said spring housing; and a line guide tube telescopically extending from said spring housing opposite the motor and reel assembly housing attachment end thereof and communicating with said shock spring.