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Windable storage reelWindable storage reel description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080017745, Windable storage reel. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]This invention relates to a reel for winding flexible tensile members such as cords, rope, wire, mason's line, etc. [0002]Hand-held reels for winding and storing flexible tensile members such as cords, rope, wire, mason's line, etc., have long been available to the purchasing public. Older versions of such devices are disclosed in U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 196,128 to Wilson, U.S. Pat. No. 3,481,557 to Miller, U.S. Pat. No. 3,388,876 to Wilson, U.S. Pat. No. 2,250,281 to Sundstrand, U.S. Pat. No. 1,543,489 to Wilson, and U.S. Pat. No. 1,037,465 to Prissell. More recent versions of a cord or rope winder are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,186,433 to Kovalik et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,783,093 to Limber, U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 408,720 to Sheng, U.S. Design Patent No. Des. 359,440 to Stewart, U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 341,770 to Spear et al., U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 314,910 to Van Skiver, U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 281,763 to Smith, U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 263,371 to Allen, Cord Reel" (1982), and U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 226,898 to Tamarin. [0003]Some prior art take-up reels are provided with apertures in a hub for entraining the leading end of a cord or other flexible tensile member, as taught by U.S. Pat. No. 5,934,598 to Kovacik et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,061,290 to Harrill, and U.S. Pat. No. 1,944,669 to Purdy. Other take-up reels include multiple notches along the peripheries of the reel flanges for capturing or holding a trailing end of a cord or other flexible member, as depicted and described in U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 301,834 to Soltes and U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 268,734 to Soltes. OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION [0004]It is an object of the present invention to provide a take-up reel for flexible line members. [0005]It is a more particular object of the present invention to provide such a take-up reel that is inexpensive and easy to manufacture. [0006]These and other objects of the present invention will be apparent from the drawings and description herein. Although every object of the invention is believed to be attained by at least one embodiment of the invention, there is not necessarily any one embodiment of the invention that achieves all of the objects of the invention. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007]A line winder in accordance with the present invention comprises a spool body including a cylinder and a pair of annular disc-shaped flanges that together define a toroidal volume for receiving a wound flexible line. A handgrip body is located substantially inside the cylinder. The handgrip body slidingly engages an inwardly facing surface of the cylinder and is coupled to the spool body by a groove and a rib. The groove is provided in either the cylinder or the handgrip body, while the rib is provided on the other of the cylinder and the handgrip body. [0008]The handgrip body preferably includes a bar and a sleeve, the bar being connected to the sleeve and the sleeve slidingly engaging the inwardly facing surface of the cylinder. The bar may be connected at opposite ends to the sleeve and extend diametrically across the cylindrical space defined by the cylindrical inwardly facing surface of the cylinder. More particularly, the bar may be integral or unitary at its opposite ends with the sleeve. In that case, the sleeve and the bar are formed simultaneously in a single injection molding process. The spool body may likewise be formed in another injection molding process. [0009]The rib is preferably provided on the inwardly facing surface of the cylinder and the groove on the sleeve. [0010]Pursuant to another feature of the present invention, the sleeve has a pair of circular edges and is formed along one of the edges with a plurality of slits extending parallel to an axis of the sleeve, the groove being intersected by the slits. The sleeve is thus formed along one of the edges with a plurality of extension sections defined in part by the slits, while the groove including a plurality of separate and aligned groove segments formed in respective ones of the extension sections. [0011]The sleeve may be provided along another one of the edges (opposite the edge with the slits and the groove) with an outwardly turned lip that engages a radially inner periphery of one of the flanges. [0012]Pursuant to another feature of the present invention, at least one of the flanges of the spool is provided along an edge with a plurality of notches of different sizes, for receiving and catching flexible wound lines of different diameters. The notches are preferably arranged in order of increasing diameter. [0013]One or both of the flanges may be provided with at least two pluralities of differently sizes notches, the notches within each plurality of notches being arranged in order of increasing diameter. [0014]In accordance with a further feature of the present invention, the cylinder of the spool is provided with an opening for receiving a leading end of a flexible line, where the cylinder has a tongue projecting into the opening. The opening may be substantially C-shaped by virtue of the tongue. Also, the opening may be defined in part by a pair of beveled edges on opposite sides of the tongue. [0015]The flanges may be pierced with a plurality of thin arcuate slits that afford visual inspection of the cord windings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0016]FIG. 1 is a front, top and right side perspective view of a windable storage reel in accordance with the present invention, showing a rope wound onto the reel. [0017]FIG. 2 is a front, top and left side perspective view of the storage reel of FIG. 1. [0018]FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the storage reel of FIGS. 1 and 2. [0019]FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the storage reel of FIGS. 1-3. [0020]FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view of the storage reel of FIGS. 1-4. Continue reading about Windable storage reel... Full patent description for Windable storage reel Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Windable storage reel patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. Start now! - Receive info on patent apps like Windable storage reel or other areas of interest. ### Previous Patent Application: Seatbelt device for vehicle Next Patent Application: Automatic winder for an inside brushless stator Industry Class: Winding, tensioning, or guiding ### FreshPatents.com Support Thank you for viewing the Windable storage reel patent info. 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