US Patent Issued to TrikaUSA on July 15 for "Baitcaster with compound gear set" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,971, issued on July 15, was assigned to TrikaUSA Inc. (Superior, Wis.).

"Baitcaster with compound gear set" 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 for retrieving a fishing line includes a spool, and a compound gear set. The spool is configured to be driven to take up the fishing line. The compound gear set includes a ring gear, first planet gears, second planet gears, and a second shaft. The ring gear is configured to receive an input torque from a first shaft. The first planet gears are driv...