Inventors:
Frank Joseph Madachy - Genoa OH, US
John Scott Yoder - Holland OH, US
Assignee:
Ratchet Enterprises, LLC - Sylvania OH
International Classification:
B25B 25/00, B66D 1/00
US Classification:
24 68CD, 24 68 R, 254218, 410100
Abstract:
A cargo tightener and strap collector is shown having a rotatable shaft provided on the lever portion of the cargo tightener and strap collector. A slot is provided in the shaft so that the free end of a strap may be inserted in the slot and wound on the shaft to secure the strap and prevent its fluttering in the wind or trailing on the ground while in use. The rotatable shaft provided on the lever portion of the cargo tightener and strap collector is made to have a cross-section or shape, at least proximate one end, to mate or interfere with a recess in at least one of the sidewalls on the lever portion when a second rotation means urges the sidewalls together. There is thus provided positive locking of the wound strap.