Reversible ratchet assembly and ratchet system
AssigneeCynergi3 West, LLC
InventorsZachary M. Brooks, Benjamin M. Payne
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Abstract
A reversible ratchet assembly, reversible ratchet system, and methods are provided. The reversible ratchet assembly includes a plurality of components including a reversible ratchet assembly for a ratchet tie down system includes a spindle body, a ratchet head, a ratchet gear, and a ratchet pawl. These components can be assembled in a first configuration for operation in a first direction about a ratchet axis and assembled in a second configuration for operation in an opposite second direction. The ratchet assembly may also include a holding gear and holding pawl that can be mounted in first and second configurations.
Claims20
A reversible ratchet assembly for a ratchet tie down system, the ratchet assembly comprising:
- a spindle body having a ratchet axis;
- a ratchet head configured to have torque applied thereto about the ratchet axis;
- a ratchet gear having a plurality of teeth being angularly spaced apart about the ratchet axis, the ratchet gear removably mountable to the ratchet head for rotation with the ratchet head about the ratchet axis in first and second orientations;
- a ratchet pawl removably mountable to the spindle body in first and second orientations;
- wherein:
- when the ratchet gear is mounted to the ratchet head in the first orientation and the ratchet pawl is mounted to the spindle body in the first orientation, the ratchet gear and ratchet head can rotate relative to the spindle body in a first angular direction about the ratchet axis but the ratchet pawl engages the ratchet gear such that the ratchet gear and ratchet head cannot rotate relative to the spindle body in a second angular direction about the ratchet axis such that rotation of the ratchet head in the second angular direction rotates the spindle body in the second angular direction;
- and
- when the ratchet gear is mounted to the ratchet head in the second orientation and the ratchet pawl is mounted to the spindle body in the second orientation, the ratchet gear and ratchet head can rotate relative to the spindle body in the second angular direction about the ratchet axis but the ratchet pawl engages the ratchet gear such that the ratchet gear and ratchet head cannot rotate relative to the spindle body in the first angular direction about the ratchet axis such that rotation of the ratchet head in the first angular direction rotates the spindle body in the first angular direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.