US Patent Issued to Hooker Trust on Sept. 23 for "Spinning type fishing reel with bi-directionally rotating rotor and drag control to prevent line twist" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,291, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hooker Trust LLC (Oakland Park, Fla.).

"Spinning type fishing reel with bi-directionally rotating rotor and drag control to prevent line twist" was invented by Thomas Sandstrom (Oakland Park, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing spinning reel that eliminates problems associated with line twist by providing a rotor adapted for both forward and reverse rotation wherein a drag assembly applies drag to the rotor using an adjustable cam mechanism to prevent the rotor from imparting twist on the line when in the winding mode. By enabling the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction with the ...