ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,832, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to KOBO Labs LLC (Houston).
"Fishing reel spool removal" was invented by Michael Pappas (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removable reel system includes a frame, a removable frame assembly, and a first spool. The first spool affixed to the frame when the removable frame assembly is coupled to the frame via a locking assembly disposed on the removable frame assembly. The first spool is removable from the frame by disengaging the locking assembly to uncouple the removable frame assembly from the frame. A second spool is attachable to the frame by engaging the locking assembly to couple the r...