Patent ID: 6641116
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B60P,B66D,Y10T

Abstract:
A strap fastener including:a base, a shaft mounted on the base; a reel rotationally mounted on the shaft; two ratchet wheels formed on the reel; a torque spring arranged between the reel and the shaft; a lever pivotally mounted on the base; a first detent movably mounted on the lever for engagement with the ratchet wheels; a second detent movably mounted on the base for engagement with the ratchet wheels; a wedge formed on the second detent; a handle including a first end in which a hole is defined, a second end secured to the lever; and a control element extending through the handle and the lever and including a first end exposed through the hole defined in the first end of the handle and a second end in engagement with the wedge, wherein the first end of the control element can be pressed so as to move the second end of the control element from a first position for engaging the second detent with the ratchet wheels to a second position for disengaging the second detent from the ratchet wheels.