US Patent Issued to TrikaUSA on May 6 for "Left handed fishing reel" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,058, issued on May 6, was assigned to TrikaUSA Inc. (Superior, Wis.).

"Left handed fishing reel" was invented by Larry Pulkrabek (Superior, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing reel includes a support member, a bail assembly, an input shaft, and a gear box, according to an exemplary embodiment. The bail assembly is coupled with the support member. The bail assembly is configured to retrieve or let out a fishing line. The input shaft is configured to receive an input torque. The gear box is configured to be driven by the input shaft and drive the bail assembly to retrieve the fishing line. The input shaft is configured to rec...