Patent Application
20200236917
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The disclosure and prior art relates to fishing reels and more particularly pertains to a new fishing reel for automating reel in, capturing video, and providing entertainment.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a reel housing having a removable top, an inner cavity, a front side, a back side, a right side, a left side, and a bottom side. The removable top has a line aperture extending through to the inner cavity. A base is coupled to the reel housing and is configured to attach to a fishing pole. A line spool is coupled within the inner cavity and is configured to receive a fishing line. A motor is coupled to the line spool to wind and alternatively unwind the fishing line on the line spool. A power source is coupled within the inner cavity and is in operational communication with the motor. A plurality of control buttons is coupled to the front side proximal the bottom side and is in operational communication with the motor. A video recorder is coupled to the reel housing. A CPU is coupled within the inner cavity and is in operational communication with each of the motor, the power source, the plurality of control buttons, and the video recorder.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A video recorder 52 is coupled to the reel housing 12 and comprises a camera 54 and a storage port 56. The camera 54 is coupled to the front side 18 of the reel housing and has a cover dome 58 for protection, particularly from getting wet. The storage port 56 is coupled through the right side 22 of the reel housing and is in operational communication with the camera 54. The storage port 56 is configured to receive a memory card such as a micro SD card. An LED light 60 may be coupled to the reel housing 12 adjacent the cover dome 58 of the camera. A light power button 62 is coupled adjacent the LED light 60. The light power button 62 is in operational communication with each of the LED light 60 and the power source 40. A CPU 64 is coupled within the inner cavity 16 and is in operational communication with each of the motor 38, the power source 40, the plurality of control buttons 46, the light power button 62, and the video recorder 52. A speaker 66 may be coupled within the inner cavity 16 adjacent the speaker grille aperture 30. The speaker 66 is in operational communication with the CPU 64. An auxiliary jack 67 may be coupled adjacent the speaker 66. The auxiliary jack 67 is in operational communication with the CPU 64. A transceiver 68 may be coupled within the inner cavity 16. The transceiver 68 is in operational communication with each of the speaker 66 and the video recorder 52. The transceiver 68 is configured to wirelessly connect to a smartphone 70 to send video from the video recorder 52 and play audio through the speaker 66 or the auxiliary jack 67 if a pair of headphones is connected. A bite sensor 72 may be coupled to the line spool 34 and is in operational communication with the CPU 64. The bite sensor 72 detects when a fish has pulled on the fishing line 36 and produces an alert through the speaker 66 or the auxiliary jack 67 when activated.
In use, the reel housing 12 is attached to the fishing pole using the base 32. It is then cast using the cast button 48 and reeled in using the reel-in button 50. Video of the action may be captured by the video recorder 52 and stored to the memory card in the storage port 56 or sent to the smartphone 70 via the transceiver 68. Music may also be played from the smartphone 70 through the speaker 66 for entertainment.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
