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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Bryan Yoder, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventor:
Bryan Yoder, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Warn Industries, Inc., Clackamas, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/30 (2006.01); B66D 1/34 (2006.01); F16G 11/00 (2006.01); F16G 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/34 (2013.01); F16G 11/00 (2013.01); F16G 11/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A winch includes a motor and a rotatable drum drivingly attached to the motor. The rotatable drum includes an anchor pocket therein. A cable includes a proximal end connected to the rotatable drum by an anchor received in said anchor pocket with the cable wrapped around the anchor. The anchor includes a first slot in a surface thereof and the rotatable drum includes a second slot therein adjacent to the anchor pocket that allows access to the first slot in the anchor. An edge of the second slot forms a fulcrum point for a pry tool inserted into the first and second slots for freeing the anchor from the anchor pocket.