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A line holder is provided which permits using one hand to selectively engage and disengage a line as it is unwound from a reel. A line lock in the form of a hook assembly is secured to the reel so that angular movement of the reel to first and second positions selectively engages the hook assembly w

A line holder is provided which permits using one hand to selectively engage and disengage a line as it is unwound from a reel. A line lock in the form of a hook assembly is secured to the reel so that angular movement of the reel to first and second positions selectively engages the hook assembly with the line to prevent uncoiling the line and selectively moving the reel to the second and first positions releases the hooked line to permit uncoiling the line. A base is provided for mooring the line to a fixed position.

대표청구항 ▼

Apparatus for storing and selectively dispensing a line comprising, in combination, a reel for storing a predetermined diameter line in a coil substantially defined by a reel axis, reel support means for supporting said reel and angularly moving said reel so as to change the position of said reel ax

Apparatus for storing and selectively dispensing a line comprising, in combination, a reel for storing a predetermined diameter line in a coil substantially defined by a reel axis, reel support means for supporting said reel and angularly moving said reel so as to change the position of said reel axis; and a line control means secured to said reel for selectively engaging and disengaging said line so as to selectively dispense said line from said reel while said line uncoils from said reel in a certain direction, said line control means including two opposed hooks which curve in the same direction and a hook support which supports said hook a predetermined distance from said reel which is greater than said line diameter so as to permit said line extending between said hooks and said reel, said hooks engaging said line so as to prevent uncoiling said line from said reel by angularly moving said reel to a first position in which said line cannot uncoil from said reel and then angularly moving said reel to a second position in which one of said hooks engages said line by said line extending between said reel and said one hook and through said one hook in said certain direction, thereby preventing uncoiling of said line when said reel axis substantially points in said certain direction, said one hook disengaging said line so as to permit uncoiling said line from said reel by angularly moving said reel to said second position and then to said first position, thereby permitting uncoiling of said line when said reel axis substantially points in said certain direction.