Tensioning device
OwnerBernard Krusemaninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved tensioning device that in at least one embodiment contains no moving parts. The present invention greatly simplifies the process of placing and maintaining a tow or cargo strap under tension with a single integral piece that has no moving parts capable of breaking or becoming jammed. The present invention provides a device that may place a strap under tension simply by rotating the device in a first direction to place it in a secured position. The present invention may release the strap from the tension by rotating it in a second direction to place it in a released or unsecured position.
Claims20
A tensioning device comprising:
- a central body member having a first side and a second side;
- a first strap torquing member and a second strap torquing member, each being disposed at a first end of the central body member and extending outwardly from the first side of the central body member, wherein the second strap torquing member is laterally spaced from the first strap torquing member, thus defining a strap insertion space;
- a strap securing member that is disposed on a second end of the central body member that is opposite of the first end, wherein the strap securing member extends perpendicularly from the first side of the central body member so that the strap securing member is longitudinally spaced from the first strap torquing member and the second strap torquing member and is laterally spaced so that the strap securing member is below the first strap torquing member and above the second strap torquing member;
- a handle that is disposed on the second end of the central body member and extends outwardly from the central body member.
A tensioning device comprising:
- a central body member having a first side and a second side;
- a first strap torquing member and a second strap torquing member, each being disposed on a first end of the central body member and each having a first surface and a second surface and wherein the second strap torquing member is laterally spaced from the first strap torquing member, thus defining a strap insertion space into which at least a portion of a strap may be inserted;
- a strap securing member that is disposed on a second end of the central body member that is opposite of the first end;
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- wherein the tensioning device has a secured position wherein, a first section of the strap is engaged by both the first surface of the first strap torquing member and the second surface of the second strap torquing member and a second portion of the strap is engaged by the strap securing member.
A tensioning device comprising:
- a central body member having a first side and a second side;
- a first strap torquing member and a second strap torquing member, each being disposed on the first side of the central body member and defining a strap insertion space between the first strap torquing member and the second strap torquing member into which a strap may be inserted;
- a strap securing member disposed on the first side of the central body member;
- wherein the tensioning device has an unsecured position where a first end of the central body member faces a first direction and a first section of the strap is located in the strap insertion space;
- and
- wherein the tensioning device has a secured position where the first end of the central body member faces a second direction that is opposite the first direction and where the first strap torquing member and the second torquing member engage a first section of the strap and the strap securing member engages a second section of the strap, thereby maintaining the strap under tension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.