Patents by Inventor John O. Kinsey

John O. Kinsey 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).

  • Variable drive clutch for fishing reel
    Patent number: 4166594
    Abstract: A fishing reel clutch having a drive gear journaled on a manually rotatable drive shaft, and a drive pawl supported on the shaft and held in driving engagement with the drive gear when the shaft is rotated in one direction to reel in the line. The drive pawl is released from driving engagement by a slight reverse rotation of the shaft, whereupon reverse rotation of the gear by a pull on the line is resisted only by variable friction tension applied to the gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1979
    Assignee: Shakespeare of Arkansas, Inc.
    Inventor: John O. Kinsey