Patents by Inventor Brent Wayne Thomae

Brent Wayne Thomae has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Guide for reciprocating shaft on a fishing reel
    Patent number: 5899397
    Abstract: A fishing reel having a frame, a line carrying spool, and first structure for mounting the line carrying spool to the frame for reciprocating movement in a first predetermined path. The first structure includes a shaft that moves reciprocatively in a second predetermined path as an incident of which the line carrying spool moves in the first predetermined path. Second suture is provided on the frame for directing line onto the line carrying spool, with there being third structure cooperating between the first and second structures for causing reciprocating movement of the shaft in the second predetermined path as an incident of the second structure being operated. The first structure includes a rolling element cooperating between the shaft and the frame for guiding movement of the shaft in the second predetermined path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Zebco Division of Brunswick Corporation
    Inventor: Brent Wayne Thomae