Cargo strap winch rewinding tool
OwnerJoseph A. Drinkhorninventor
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Abstract
A winch bar is provided for use in combination with a strap winding winch for flatbed trailers. The bar has a rotatable link member at one end thereof which is provided with a hook portion adapted to interface with the apertures of the hub on one end of a reel of the winch. Upon the hook engaging the apertures, the bar can be rotated at a safe distance from the truck bed in order to rapidly, safely and securely rewind the strap onto the winch reel.
Claims8
A winch tool bar adapted to engage a load binding winch mounted to a trailer bed and engaging an at least one aperture in a hub of a winch reel for rewinding a cargo strap, said winch tool comprising:
- an elongated bar member having:
- a central axis;
- a reduced diameter portion at one end thereof, said reduced diameter portion cooperating with said at least one aperture in said hub of said winch reel when said winch reel is rotated to bind said load to said trailer bed;
- an offset boss located at the opposite end of said elongated bar member, said offset boss having:
- a shoulder facing in a direction away from said elongated bar member;
- an ergonomic handle mounted to said elongated bar member between said one end and said opposite end;
- a cantilevered rod member mounted to said offset boss of said elongated bar member;
- a rotatable link member having an aperture at one end thereof and a hook portion at an opposite end thereof, said rotatable link member mounted to said cantilevered rod member for rotational movement relative thereto;
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- means for retaining said rotatable link member on said cantilevered rod member such that when said hook portion of said rotatable link member is mounted in said aperture of said hub of said winch reel, said rotatable link member is manipulated by said elongated bar member as said elongated bar member is rotated by a user's hand holding said ergonomic handle to rewind said cargo strap on said winch reel in a smooth rapid manner.
A winch tool bar adapted to engage a load binding winch mounted to a trailer bed and engaging an aperture in a hub of a winch reel for rewinding a cargo strap, said winch tool comprising:
- an elongated bar member having:
- a central axis;
- a reduced diameter portion at one end thereof, said reduced diameter portion cooperating with said apertures in said hub of said winch reel when said winch reel is rotated to bind said load to said trailer bed;
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- an offset boss located at the opposite end of said elongated bar member, said offset boss having a shoulder facing in a direction away from said elongated bar member;
- an ergonomic handle mounted to said elongated bar member between said one end and said opposite end;
- a cantilevered rod member mounted to said offset boss of said elongated bar member, said cantilevered rod member extending in a direction away from said shoulder;
- a rotatable link member having an aperture at one end thereof and a hook portion at an opposite end thereof, said rotatable link member mounted to said cantilevered rod member for rotational movement relative thereto;
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- means for retaining said rotatable link member on said cantilevered rod member such that when said hook portion of said rotatable link member is mounted in said aperture of said hub in said winch reel, said rotatable link member is manipulated by said elongated bar member to securely mount said hook portion of said rotatable link member in said aperture whereby said ergonomic handle can be held in one hand to effect a rotary motion of said elongated bar member which in turn rotates said winch reel to rewind said cargo strap on said winch reel in a smooth, safe and rapid manner.
In combination with a winch tool bar and a cargo strap winding winch of the type having a cylindrical hub extended from a reel for spooling up a length of cargo strap, said cylindrical hub having a plurality of apertures therethrough for applying a winding torque to said cylindrical hub, said winch tool bar comprising:
- an elongated bar member having:
- a central axis;
- a reduced diameter portion at one end thereof;
- and
- an offset boss located at the opposite end of said elongated bar member, said offset boss having a shoulder facing in a direction away from said elongated bar member;
- means for engaging one of said plurality of apertures in said cylindrical hub, said engaging means mounted to said shoulder of said offset boss located at said opposite end of said elongated bar member;
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- an ergonomic handle mounted to said elongated bar member between said one end and said opposite end whereby after said engaging means is located into said one of said plurality of apertures of said cylindrical hub, said elongated bar may be held by said ergonomic handle by the hand of a user to effect a rotary motion of said elongated bar member which in turn rotates said reel of said cargo strap winding winch in a smooth, safe and rapid manner to rewind said cargo strap onto said reel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.