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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Tie Down, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Benjamin Miller Horst, Decatur, GA (US);
Warren van Nus, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Tie Down, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A winch utility includes a shelf connected to a main body, the main body comprising a shell, the shell defining a cable port; an electric motor mounted to the shell; a controller attached to an inner part of the shell and in electronic communication with the electric motor; a bobbin coupled to the electric motor; and a cable coupled to the bobbin at a bobbin end, the cable defining a terminal end distal to the bobbin end, the cable arranged to be coiled around the bobbin by rotation of the electric motor, wherein at least a portion of the cable is arranged within the cable port and wherein the terminal end of the cable is arranged outside of the shell, wherein the controller instructs the electric motor, and wherein motion of the electric motor causes the cable to become one of: coiled around the bobbin and uncoiled from the bobbin.