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US 2014/0109361 A1Published application
Load binder and method of use
OwnerSteven M. Hellineinventor
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Abstract
A ratchet type load binder and method is provided in which the load binder may be rapidly tightened or loosened by a motor and also manually tightened or loosened. The load binder may include different types of end linkages and may be used as a jack or lift for jacking a vehicle or lifting another type of load, or may be used as a spreading device for pushing two loads or objects away from one another.
Claims20
A load binder comprising:
- a load binder rod having a load binder rod first end and a load binder rod second end with left hand threads adjacent the load binder rod first end and right hand threads adjacent the load binder rod second end;
- a first gear which is secured to the rod so that the rod and first gear are rotatable together about a first axis;
- a lever having a mounted position in which the lever is mounted on and extends outwardly from the rod away from the first axis so that the lever is configured to facilitate rotation of the rod and first gear about the first axis;
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- a second gear having a meshed position in which the second gear meshes with the first gear so that rotation of the second gear about a second axis causes rotation of the first gear and rod about the first axis.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- providing a load binder which comprises a rod having first and second ends with left hand threads adjacent the first end and right hand threads adjacent the second end, a first gear secured to the rod, a first threaded end linkage which threadedly engages the left hand threads, and a second threaded end linkage which threadedly engages the right hand threads, wherein the rod and first gear are rotatable about a first axis;
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- rotating about a second axis a second gear meshed with the first gear to cause rotation of the first gear and rod about the first axis relative to the first and second threaded end linkages to cause one of (a) retraction of the first and second end linkages and (b) extension of the first and second end linkages.
A method comprising the steps of:
- providing a load binder which comprises a rod having first and second ends with left hand threads adjacent the first end and right hand threads adjacent the second end, a first threaded end linkage which threadedly engages the left hand threads, and a second threaded end linkage which threadedly engages the right hand threads;
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- rotating the rod with a motor so that rotation of the rod relative to the first and second threaded end linkages causes one of (a) retraction of the first and second end linkages and (b) extension of the first and second end linkages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.