Angling Spool Handle for Tackle Box Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Angling spools in fishing tackle boxes are difficult to access and identify due to tight packing, making it hard for anglers to select the correct type of fishing line.
Innovation Solution
An angling spool design featuring a handle that can be gripped and extended to facilitate access and inspection, with options for either a fixed or movable handle that pivots or slides, allowing easy retrieval of the spool from a tightly packed compartment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If angling spools are tightly packed in the compartment, then storage space utilization is improved, but accessibility and identification of individual spools deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The spool is segmented into distinct functional parts: the reel body for storage and the handle for manipulation. This segmentation allows the handle to extend beyond the spool periphery, providing a dedicated grip area that enables easy access without requiring the entire spool to be exposed or manipulated.
Solution Approach 2:
The handle acts as an intermediary element between the user's hand and the spool contents. By providing an extended grip surface that protrudes from the tightly packed arrangement, the handle serves as a mediator that enables selective access to individual spools without disturbing the compact storage configuration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple spools are stored in a compartment, then variety of fishing line options is improved, but difficulty in selecting and identifying the correct spool increases
Solution Approach 1:
Different spools can have handles with distinct local qualities such as different colors, materials, or surface textures. This allows anglers to quickly identify and select the appropriate spool for the required fishing line type by examining the handle characteristics without having to examine the entire spool or untangle it from the compartment.
Solution Approach 2:
The handle creates an asymmetric profile on an otherwise symmetric spool body. This asymmetry provides a unique visual and tactile signature for each spool, making it easier to distinguish between multiple spools stored in the compartment and quickly locate the desired one based on handle orientation or appearance.
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AI summary
An angling spool (2) which is for fishing line and which comprises a handle (4), and the handle (4) being such that it has a use position which enables the handle (4) to be gripped and thereby to facilitate access to the angling spool (2) from a compartment (6) in a fishing tackle box (8) when the angling spool (2) is stored in the compartment (6) in the fishing tackle box (8).