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US 4,261,529 AGranted
Device for winding and storage of ropes and the like
OwnerRobert G. Sandberg, Wade M. Ebelinginventors
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Abstract
A device for winding and storage of ropes, cables, wires, etc., comprises a substantially elongate body portion having a pair of horn-like members extending from opposite ends thereof. The horn-like members are adapted to have a rope or the like coiled therearound, with at least one of the horn-like members being made so that it can be readily turned toward the other horn-like member, whereby the coil of rope or the like is readily disengaged and removed from the device.
Claims4
A device for winding and storage of ropes, cables, wires and the like, said device comprising a substantially elongated body portion;
- means for manually gripping the body portion;
- a pair of horn-like members extending from opposite ends of said body, each of said horn-like members including a leg which extends outwardly from said body and a foot which extends from the outer end of said leg substantially parallel to said body and points substantially outwardly away from the device so that the horn-like members are adapted to have a rope or the like coiled therearound, with at least one of the legs of said horn-like members being tapered from its end which is connected to the body portion so that the outer end of the leg and the foot attached thereto can be rotated about the axis of said leg whereby the coil of rope or the like wrapped on the horn-like members is readily disengaged therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.