Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Load lashing retainer or load lashing adjunct – Wraparound
Reexamination Certificate
2001-07-25
2003-02-18
Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Load lashing retainer or load lashing adjunct
Wraparound
C410S034000, C410S097000, C410S103000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06520723
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention involves unique winches for attachment to load-bearing structures, such as buildings, vehicles, etc., and especially to ladder utility racks attached to truck beds of pick up trucks, vans, the like. The winches involve the use of rack support structures to which they may be installed and from which they may be removed for portability. The present invention also includes the winch components without their conventional frames.
2. Information Disclosure Statement
The following represents patents which illustrate pick-up truck cargo bed utility racks and others which illustrate winches:
UK Patent No. 2,038,268 A to Ivor William James Small describes a winch device, in or for use in a load-carrying vehicle or other similar mobile apparatus, comprising a support member having two brackets, a bar rotatably mounted at each end portion thereof in one of the two brackets, a ratchet wheel fixedly mounted at one end region of said bar adjacent a first one of said brackets, a pawl pivotally mounted on said first bracket successively to engage teeth of the ratchet wheel, load-encircling means in the form of webbing or strapping, one of said load-encircling means being secured to an intermediate region of the bar so as to facilitate winding of the of the means about the bar as the pawl successively engages said teeth, a fixed stop member to limit pivotal movement of the pawl in one direction and a removable stop member to limit pivotal movement of the pawl in a second, opposite direction.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,048,374 to William C. Childress describes the combination in a strap stretching device, of a frame, a drum rotatably mounted in said frame and having means for receiving a strap to be wound thereon, an operating lever pivotally mounted on said drum, a pawl pivotally mounted on said operating lever and actuated normally to engage said ratchet wheel, a detent pivotally mounted in said frame and actuated normally to engage said ratchet wheel, and cams mounted on said pawl and said detent and adapted to engage each other upon a predetermined movement of said operating lever for disengaging both said pawl and said detent from said ratchet wheel.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,146,104 to Andrew E. Adamson describes a tensioning device with the combination of a generally inverted U-shaped frame, a strap gripping device comprising a flat member fixed in relation to said frame and a movable gripper having a flat lug overlaying said flat member, a strap tensioning member on the other leg of said frame, a handle rigidly attached to said frame, a movable handle pivotally mounted on said frame operable to actuate said tensioning member, said handles being positioned entirely above the lower ends of said legs.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,738,204 to Robert R. Ibey, describes, in combination, a truck floor adapted for holding a load thereon, a stake mounted at one side thereof and having a pivot disposed horizontally and immediately above the level of the floor, a plate having one end hinged to the pivot and being free to swing from a horizontal position above and adjacent to the floor level to a desired angular position, a pair of flanges rising from the plate at right angles to said pivot and adjacent thereto, a winch drum revolvable between the flanges above the plate on an axis running parallel to the axis of the pivot, a cable, means for securing one end of the cable to the side of the floor opposite the stake with the body portion of the cable lying over the load and means for securing the other end of the cable upon the winch drum for winding operations to tighten the cable upon the load, the cable having unobstructed access to the winch drum and the pivot allowing the traction face of the winch drum to automatically orient itself within the line of draft.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,428,331 to Melvin C. Morgan describes a loaded mobile bed, as a truck bed, and a load maintaining binder structure in the nature of a wide flexible band detachably hooked to one side rail of the bed, extending over the load, and detachably connected to the opposite side rail of the bed, through a winch. The winch is characterized by a drum thereof comprising a plurality of spaced and longitudinally extending rods, a stub shaft and a circular plate welded to each of the end portions of the rods, and pawl and ratchet means permitting rotation of the drum in one direction and preventing rotation in the other direction.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,697,045 to Holt A. Farley, describes an invention in which a U-shaped winch frame has a winding drum for a flexible tie-down element journaled in its arms which have notches in their opposite edges into which is fixedly secured to the body of a vehicle so that the winch can be freely slid along said truck into different positions relative to the truck body and the cargo load thereon.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,045,002 to Errol S. Miller describes an invention in which an improved vehicle-mounted winch is disclosed characterized by a sliding bar allowing use of a web or strand to be secured thereto and tightened thereby, e.g., to secure a load.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,174,119 to James A. Biles describes a device for attachment to an upright post on a bed of a pick-up truck or other vehicle for gripping one end of a tie-down rope to apply tension to the rope to hold pipe or other load on the vehicle when the rope passes over the load and as the opposite end of the rope is secured to the vehicle. The device includes a shiftable, generally upright bar coupled with a jacking until secured by a bracket to the post. A cam member on the upper end of the bar is used to wedge the rope against the bar after the rope has been passed over the load. Then, by operating the jacking unit, the bar is caused to be lowered, thereby placing tension on the rope and holding the load in a rigid, secure position on the vehicle. The movement of the bar can be reversed to remove the tension by operating the jacking unit in reverse.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,382,736 to Allan R. Thomas describes a belt winch apparatus for holding a belt at the side of a load carrying trailer vehicle the apparatus having interlocking means so that the apparatus can be supported by interlocking between the tie rail and the outer side of the vehicle tray and hold the belt under tension holding the load while in the same position.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,900,203 to Ronald W. Pope, describes a load-tie-down system which includes a load-supporting structure having a side support and a second support. A winch assembly is operably mounted on the load-supporting structure and includes a winch frame having a crosspiece and two struts projecting downward from the crosspiece. A winch drum is rotatably mounted between the two struts of the winch frame and a belt is attached at one end to and wound around the winch drum. A hook is attached to the free end of the belt. The belt is anchored by the hook attaching to an anchor located on the winch frame. The anchor includes a bar on the winch frame around which the hook may fasten. A lock to restrain the rotation of the winch drum is also included having a ratchet wheel attached to the winch drum and a pawl pivotally attached to the winch frame. The winch drum and anchor are located so that the belt may extend around the crosspiece and a load and then anchor on the winch frame.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,137,320 to David Christensen describes a ladder utility rack for pick-up truck cargo beds. It has two parallel horizontal base rails and at least two vertical stanchion units. Each base rail has horizontal and vertical running surfaces and each is adapted to nest atop and against sidewalls of a cargo bed. These base rails are not connected to one another except via the stanchion units. These units have vertical legs running from each of the base rails upwardly and inwardly and terminate at a commonly connected horizontal cross member. A second embodiment includes an additional set of rails, i.e. mounting rails, which run parallel to the base rails and, together with the base rails, form a horizontal platform for mou
Carpenter Scott
Dayoan D. Glenn
Glynn Kenneth P.
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