Patents Assigned to B-M-S- Control Systems, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5430968
    Abstract: A control system for a fishing line for use during casting and during reeling in a fish. A line-gripper member can either pinch the line to terminate casting or can apply a drag to assist in landing a fish. The control system is intended to be mounted on a fishing rod and is particularly useful in combination with a spinning reel but also is useful with a drum or rotating, spool-type reel. An operating member is mounted adjacent a handle of a fishing rod to be actuated, usually, by a user's thumb for pulling a control line for actuating a pivoted line-gripper member and provide contact with a fishing line to provide a brake action or drag thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: B-M-S- Control Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Watkins, Joel S. Dalton, Harold F. Flannery