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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2018
Gary Shelton, Shorewood, MN (US);
Gary Shelton, Shorewood, MN (US);
Other;
Abstract
A winch device including a spool having a hub rotatable about a hub axis, a first flange at a first end of the hub, a second flange at a second end of the hub, and a plurality of posts including proximal ends and distal ends, wherein each of the posts are offset from the hub axis. The plurality of posts are movable along hub axis such that the spool is selectively configurable back and forth between an open configuration and a closed configuration. When the spool is in the open configuration there is a gap between distal ends of the posts and the second flange. When the spool is in the closed configuration the gap is substantially closed. The spool further includes a biasing member for biasing the spool towards the closed configuration, a first reset motor for effecting movement of the plurality of posts from the closed configuration to the open configuration, and a second motor for effecting axial rotation of the spool about hub axis causing the plurality of posts to rotate radially about hub axis when the spool is in the closed configuration.