ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,633, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to TrikaUSA Inc. (Superior, Wis.).
"Baitcaster with line guide mechanism" was invented by Larry Pulkrabek (Superior, Wis.), Ty Warner (Superior, Wis.), Danny Uribe (Superior, Wis.) and Ron Hedberg (Superior, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baitcaster includes a spool, a guide member, and a line guide mechanism. The spool is configured to be driven to take up a fishing line. The guide member is configured to transition between a first state for let out of the fishing line and a second state for take up of the fishing line. The guide member configured to engage the fishing line at a contact po...