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US 2022/0024735 A1Published application
Systems for winch rope interfaces and recovery rigging mountable to a winch fairlead and/or vehicle bumper
AssigneeWarn Industries, Inc.
InventorsDarren G. Fretz, Jackson C. Wang
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for rigging interfaces couple to winch cable terminals that protect outer surfaces of fairleads and rigging devices as connections between objects. In one example, a rigging interface may include curved surfaces adapted to nest against a fairlead. In another example, a rigging device may have one or more removable elements allowing for coupling of the device to other objects.
Claims20
A rigging device, comprising:
- a base including an upper section and lower section separated from one another by a gap, the upper and lower sections each extending from a front-facing surface to a rear-facing surface of the base, where the rear-facing surface is curved and adapted to nest against a front surface of a fairlead of a winch, and where the front-facing surface includes a vertical wall extending across the gap and coupling the upper section to the lower section;
- a first vertical extension extending between the upper section and lower section, at a first end of the base including the vertical wall;
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- a second vertical extension extending between the upper section and lower section at a second end of the base not including the vertical wall.
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A system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a bumper of the vehicle including a mounting point;
- a winch mounted behind the bumper and including a fairlead mounted to a front of the winch, the fairlead spaced away from the mounting point;
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- a rigging device including:
- a first end including a first mounting interface adapted to couple with the mounting point;
- a curved, inner surface shaped to nest against a front surface of the fairlead;
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- a second end including a second mounting interface adapted to couple to a cable of the winch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.