Winch assembly
AssigneeCequent Performance Products, Inc.
InventorsVictor Burneister, Kawa-She-Quoen Wm. Okerlund, Frank Drake, Todd Walstrom, Eric Anderson
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Abstract
Disclosed is a winch assembly that may include a first housing member having a first retaining member formed therein and a second housing member having a second retaining member formed therein, the second housing member secured to the first housing member forming a winch housing. The winch assembly may further include a drive system generally positioned within the winch housing, and a winch drum operatively coupled with the drive system and rotationally secured with the first and second retaining members.
Claims20
A winch assembly comprising:
- a winch housing having a bottom portion;
- and
- an installation system attached to the bottom portion of the winch housing, the installation system comprising:
- at least one aperture;
- at least one slot extending from the at least one aperture;
- and
- at least one fastener having a head, wherein the head of the fastener is capable of passing through the at least one aperture and wherein the fastener is selectively positionable along the slot while the head of the fastener is generally held within the slot.
A winch assembly comprising:
- a winch frame having a bottom portion;
- and
- an installation system formed with the bottom portion of the winch frame, the installation system comprising:
- at least one aperture;
- a slot spaced from the at least one aperture;
- and
- first and second fasteners each having a head, wherein the first fastener is inserted into the at least one aperture until the head engages the at least one aperture and the second fastener is inserted into the slot until the head engages the slot, wherein the second fastener is selectively positionable along the slot.
A winch assembly comprising:
- a winch body;
- at least one aperture positioned through the winch body;
- a slot spaced from the at least one aperture and positioned on the winch body;
- a second slot extending from the at least one aperture;
- and
- first and second fasteners each including a head, wherein the first fastener is inserted into the at least one aperture with the head preventing further insertion through the aperture, the first fastener is selectively positionable along the second slot while the head of the first fastener is generally held within the second slot and the second fastener is inserted into the slot, the head preventing further insertion through the slot, wherein the second fastener is selectively positionable along the slot while the head of the fastener is engaged with the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.