Author Topic: Humphreys Closed Face Reel Patent US2584020 A  (Read 1005 times)

AL

  • Administrator
  • Johnson Fans
  • *****
  • Posts: 512
  • Country: us
  • Karma: +4/-0
  • Not as Lean, Just as Mean, Still a Marine!
    • View Profile
Humphreys Closed Face Reel Patent US2584020 A
« on: January 02, 2016, 12:22:10 PM »
HUMPHREY’S, Denver reel designer Ira B. Humphreys was issued patent #2,584,020 on Jan.29, 1952 for the Humphreys Model 3A, which had been selling since it was first introduced in 1947.
It would be the first in a long line of “Colorado” sidewinder spinning reels produced by a number of Denver-area companies. The Model 3A, along with the larger Model 4A, was actually manufactured by Haywood Mfg. Co. of Denver, a company involved with wholesale sporting goods since 1892. The Humphreys reels were short-lived, victims of the growing spinning reel explosion that offered much more practical (and multiplying) reels of all shapes and sizes. Promoted as a stainless steel (rust-free, for salt water) reel that could be used for “every” kind of fishing, it proved to be too loud and cumbersome for the “ultra-light” craze sweeping the country. Both models were discontinued in 1955.

By Patent granted dates, this makes the Humphreys 3A & 4A "closed face" "sidewinder" the first closed face reel to be patented in the U.S.

Humphreys Patent granted in 1952: http://www.google.com/patents/US2584020

Johnson Patent granted in 1953: https://www.google.com/patents/US2644647

Zebco Patent granted in 1969: http://www.google.com/patents/US3481554

« Last Edit: March 11, 2017, 11:22:29 PM by OCauto »

 

SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal