Patent ID: 9604826
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B66D

Claim:
1. A fairlead assembly, comprising: a frame structure having an opening therein; and a pair of rollers disposed on opposite sides of said opening, said rollers each having two end portions, said frame structure having a pair of opposed curved surfaces including a first curved surface disposed between, in a direction perpendicular to an axis of rotation of each roller of the pair of rollers, first end portions of outer surfaces of said pair of rollers and a second curved surface disposed between, in the direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of each roller of the pair of rollers, second end portions of outer surfaces of said pair of rollers and defining a bordering surface of said opening; wherein said pair of opposed curved surfaces overlap said end portions of said pair of rollers, around the outer surfaces of the pair of rollers in a direction of the axis of rotation of each roller, wherein a line normal to the outer surfaces is perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and wherein the pair of opposed curved surfaces extend inward into an interior of the frame structure from the end portions of the pair of the rollers, a width and height of the opposed curved surfaces decreasing as the pair of opposed curved surfaces extend inward into the interior of the frame structure.