Patent ID: 11873655
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A barbed wire installation apparatus comprising:
a hitch bracket, the hitch bracket being configured to be selectively engageable with a hitch receiver of a vehicle;
a horizontal cross member coupled to the hitch bracket, the cross member being oriented perpendicularly to the hitch bracket, the cross member having a cross top side, a cross bottom side, a cross left end, a cross right end, a cross front side, and a cross back side;
a plurality of cradle arms coupled to the cross member, the plurality of cradle arms extending above the cross top side, the plurality of cradle arms including a left pair of cradle arms and a right pair of cradle arms;
a pair of spindles coupled to the plurality of cradle arms, the pair of spindles including a left spindle and a right spindle rotatably coupled to the left pair of cradle arms and the right pair of cradle arms, respectively, each spindle being configured to secure a roll of barbed wire;
a pair of upright members coupled to the cross member, the pair of upright members being coupled to the cross top side;
a plurality of pulleys coupled to the pair of upright members;
a winch coupled to the hitch bracket, the winch having a motor and a cable, the cable being in operational communication with a topmost pulley of the plurality of pulleys and one of the other pulleys of the plurality of pulleys;
a control box coupled to the pair of upright members, the control box being in operational communication with the motor of the winch and being configured to be in operational communication with a battery of the vehicle; and
a wire gripper coupled to the winch, the wire gripper being in operational communication with a distal end of the cable, the wire gripper being configured to secure the barbed wire.