REEL FOR WATER SKIING

• US 3,738,589 A
• Filed: 09/10/1971
• Issued: 06/12/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Theron R. Brayman
• Original Assignee: Theron R. Brayman
• Inventors: Brayman, Theron R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mautz, George F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): McCarthy, Edward J.
• Application Number:
  US05/179,301
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 242/96,85,85.1,99,100,107.3,129.8 224/5F
• US Class Current: 242/396.6
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 34/67 Connection means on the towing watercraft, e.g. pylons, side poles or winches
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2402/412 details or the parts to be hold by the user, e.g. handle
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/406 hand-held during use B65H75/48, B65H75/4473 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 242/904 Water ski reel

Abstract

A reel for winding, storing and paying out a tow line used for water skiing includes a handle integrally molded to a spool. The handle extends outwardly from one of first and second flanges molded to a central body to form the spool. Each flange portion includes a portion which tapers from the maximum diameter of the flange to the central body portion thereby proving means for evenly winding the line on the spool. In another embodiment the spool has a tapered bore that cooperates with a tapered handle on which the spool is mounted. In one position on the handle the handle engages the spool in an interference fit to lock it in position. In another position the spool is free to rotate on the handle for paying out the line.

Claims

1. A reel for winding, storing and paying out a tow line used for water skiing, including in combination, a spool comprising a central body portion intermediate first and second flange portions and having a bore therethrough, a handle, said handle extending through the bore thereby rotatingly mounting the spool thereon, and locking means comprising said handle having an axially extending tapered portion, and said spool having the bore thereof tapering the length thereof, said spool having a first position on said handle wherein the respective tapered portions of said handle and said spool engage in an interference fit to lock said spool in position thereon, said spool having a second position on said handle wherein the respective tapered portions of said handle and said spool are disengaged to permit said spool to rotate freely on said handle.

2. The rEel of claim 1 wherein said handle further includes a portion of increased diameter terminating the tapered portion of said handle adjacent said second position of said spool thereby providing a stop to maintain said spool on said handle with the same rotating freely thereon.

3. The reel of claim 2 wherein said first and second flange portions have a diameter substantially greater than the diameter of said central body portion, and each include a portion which tapers from the maximum diameter of the flange to the central body portion thereby providing means for evenly winding the line on the spool.