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US 11,247,519 B2Granted
Secondary containment device for towing truck
OwnerDaniel A. Knoll, Jr., David Richard Hawkinventors
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Abstract
A containment device, including a housing, a first axle rotatably connected to the housing, the first axle including at least one gear having a plurality of teeth, a second axle rotatably connected to the housing, the second axle including at least one pawl operatively arranged to engage the plurality of teeth, and a line connected to the first axle and engaged with the second axle.
Claims20
A containment device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a first axle rotatably connected to the housing, the first axle including at least one gear having a plurality of teeth;
- a second axle rotatably connected to the housing, the second axle including at least one pawl operatively arranged to engage the plurality of teeth;
- and,
- a line connected to the first axle and engaged with the second axle.
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A containment device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a first axle rotatably connected to the housing, the first axle including at least one gear having a plurality of teeth;
- a second axle rotatably connected to the housing, the second axle including at least one pawl operatively arranged to engage the plurality of teeth;
- a first tensioner connected to the second axle, the first tensioner biasing the second axle in a first circumferential direction;
- and,
- a line connected to the first axle and engaged with the second axle.
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A containment device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a first axle rotatably connected to the housing, the first axle including at least one gear;
- a second axle rotatably connected to the housing, the second axle including at least one pawl operatively arranged to engage the at least one gear;
- a first tensioner connected to the first axle, the first tensioner biasing the first axle in a first circumferential direction;
- a second tensioner connected to the second axle, the second tensioner biasing the second axle in a second circumferential direction, opposite the first circumferential direction;
- and,
- a line connected to the first axle and engaged with the second axle;
- wherein when an engagement force is applied to the line, the at least one pawl:
- displaces in the first circumferential direction;
- engages the at least one gear;
- and,
- prevents displacement of the first axle in the second circumferential direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.