HI FOLKS:
WHILE ROOTING AROUND IN THE US PATENT OFFICE DATABASE LOOKING FOR PATENETS ON THE HURD SUPERCASTERS, I RAN ACROSS SOME PATENTS WHICH MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED IN THE J.A. COXE AND KOVALOVSKY BIG GAME REELS. I WAS LOOKING IN CURRENT CLASSIFICATION 43/20, WHICH INCLUDES ROD/REEL COMBINATIONS, AND FOUND SEVERAL PATENTS:
#2,329,982 : ISSUED SEPT.21, 1943 TO JA COXE FOR A REEL/ROD COMBO OF THE TYPE WITH THE CAST WEBS IN FRONT AND BACK OF THE REEL,
#2,251,782 : ISSUED AUGUST 5, 1941 TO JA COXE FOR A SIMILAR TYPE OF REEL,
#2,209,598 : ISSUED TO JA COXE FOR A FOOTED TYPE REEL
ALSO RAN ACROSS PATENT # 2,178,120 : ISSUED OCTOBER 31,1939 TO KOVALOVSKY FOR HIS BIG-GAME ROD REEL COMBINATION
I HOPE I'M NOT RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL HERE, JUST THOUGHT THIS INFO MIGHT BE OF INTEREST. THE US PATENT DATABASE IS SORT OF A PAIN TO FIND STUFF IN UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PATENT NUMBER, BUT THE ENTIRE PATENT, INCLUDING THE DRAWINGS, CLAIMS AND SPECIFICATIONS IS STORED AND IS DOWNLOADABLE IN TIFF FORMAT.
