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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2016
Dark Canyon, Inc., Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
Eric M. Simonson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
E. Roger Simonson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Other;
Abstract
Embodiments of a rope tension device for cinching a load with a rope are disclosed. The rope tension device includes a frame and brake member. The frame includes a first rail and a second rail with a bracing structure extending between the first rail and the second rail such that the bracing structure defines an arcuate surface. The brake member is pivotably coupled to the frame. Further, the brake member defines a brake surface such that the brake surface is biased with a spring member toward the arcuate surface, the brake surface defining an axially extending concave feature that faces the arcuate surface of the bracing structure. With this arrangement, a gap defined between the arcuate surface and the axially extending concave feature varies in height along an axial width defined between the first and second rails so as to receive the rope within the gap for cinching the load.