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US 12,168,590 B2Granted
Motorized retractable ribbon barrier
AssigneeBanner Stakes, LLC
InventorsJennifer Thenemann, Gregory Snyder
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing, a rotatable spool disposed within the housing, a belt at least partially wound onto the spool, a motorized retraction mechanism disposed within the housing, coupled to the spool, and configured cause rotation of the spool in a first direction for winding the belt onto the spool, and a tensioning mechanism disposed within the housing, coupled to the spool, and configured to prevent over-rotation of the spool in a second direction opposite the first direction while the belt is being dispensed from the spool.
Claims9
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotatable spool disposed within the housing;
- a belt at least partially wound onto the spool;
- a motorized retraction mechanism disposed within the housing, coupled to the spool, and configured to cause rotation of the spool in a first direction for winding the belt onto the spool;
- a tensioning mechanism disposed within the housing, coupled to the spool, and configured to prevent over-rotation of the spool in a second direction opposite the first direction while the belt is being dispensed from the spool;
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- a rotatable dispensing nozzle disposed on an opening in the housing, wherein the belt passes through the rotatable dispensing nozzle as it is wound on or dispensed from the spool.
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