Abstract: An imaging device comprising a flexible sensor attached to a control case. The flexible sensor provides both a source of illumination to the image being captured and a method of capturing the image. The method of capture comprises a field of reactors disbursed across the facial area of the sensor, the output of which produces a dot-pattern capture of the intended image which is passed to a storage device.

Abstract: A unitary fishing rod with integral features is described. Integral features, such as, raised or recessed surface details, both raised and recessed surface detail, circular or non-circular cross-sectional shapes, raised rod guide mounting portion, multiple axes of alignment, distinct handle gripping means, one or more internal ribs, solid tip piece, and ferrules are formed by the use of a mold where the mold's interior surfaces define the integral features, the shape and surface detail, of the unitary fishing rod.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved spinning reel having a reel body of unitary sidewall construction. More specifically, the present invention provides a spinning reel having a reel body of unitary sidewall construction with a front or a back opening and an associated plate that removably attaches to the reel body opening to thereby enclose and hold the internal mechanisms and parts of the spinning reel. The use of the present invention allows a fisherman to substantially assemble and/or disassemble the spinning reel of the invention without the aid of tools, such as screwdrivers, wrenches, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved fishing reel rotor-mounted bail system. More specifically, the present invention provides a bail system wherein a tension spring is pivotally inserted at a first end to a rotor arm and at a second end to a bail banjo or bail hinge such that the tension spring applies a tensile force or moment to the bail banjo or hinge thereby biasing the bail mechanism in either the open or closed position.

Abstract: An anti-reverse mechanism that is adaptable to have application in a majority of conventional fishing reel designs and configurations. More particularly, a coil-spring, anti-reverse mechanism that acts upon certain standard components of a drive train in a conventional fishing reel, including the main gear, rotor and pinion. In preferred embodiments, the anti-reverse mechanism of the present invention may further include an On/Off selector assembly for selectively engaging the anti-reverse mechanism.

Abstract: A fishing reel oscillation system having a rotating pawl oscillation assembly whose components are integrated into a standard fishing reel mechanism wherein a pawl attached to a pinion rotates around a main shaft with a lead-screw recess track, causing the shaft and an attached spool to oscillate along the rotational axis of the spool. The pinion is also coupled to a rotor. In this manner, one integrated mechanism effects both the oscillation of the spool and the spinning of the rotor.

Abstract: An improved fishing reel with a main shaft support system that holds the main shaft in reduced frictional isolation from the pinion. More specifically, a radial support members to hold the main shaft concentric to the pinion and frictionally isolated therefrom. This system thus reduces the friction between a main shaft and a pinion to yield a more efficient fishing reel. A method is further provided to retrofit conventional fishing reels with the isolation support system of the present invention.

Abstract: An integrated handle fishing reel housing for enclosing a fishing reel and providing a handle for manual grasping of the reel and an associated rod. The inventive device includes a handle housing having a forward or nosecone portion and a body or handle portion. The forward portion and the body portions are axially aligned along a common axis, and have a generally circular diameter in cross section, along the common axis. A reel is mounted within the handle housing and directs a fishing line through a forward center end of the forward portion. The body portion of the handle housing projects rearwardly of the forward portion. If desired, the body portion may be shaped so as to define a reduced gripping recess extending circumferentially thereabout to preclude unintentional slipping of the handle housing from a grasp of a user.

Abstract: A multi-function-trigger actuated reel for allowing both actuation of the free spool mechanism and adjustment of the drag brake mechanism of a close face spinning reel with a single actuating trigger. The inventive device includes a main body having a reel mechanism mounted thereto. The reel mechanism includes a spool upon which fishing line can be wound, a drag plunger effecting frictional drag on the spool, and a main shaft which can be forwardly biased to cause free-spooling of the reel mechanism. A trigger assembly is mounted relative to the main body and includes a trigger arm which can be pivoted in a plurality of directions to selectively effect movement of the drag plunger and the main shaft through the single trigger arm.