Patent ID: 6808164
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: B66D,F16G

Abstract:
A rope tensioning device, comprising a support base, a handle, a connecting post, two shafts, two fixing plates, two ratchet wheels, a fixing pin, and two locking blocks, wherein:the support base has two side walls having a first end formed with a first through hole and a second end formed with a second through hole, the first end of each of the two side walls of the support base has a top formed with a stepped portion and has a periphery formed with a passage hole, each of the two side walls of the support base has a mediate portion formed with an arcuate recess; the handle is pivotally mounted on the support base and has one end formed with a connecting portion, the connecting portion of the handle has two side plates each formed with a first through hole and a second through hole, each of the two side plates of the connecting portion of the handle has a top formed with a protrusion; the connecting post is extended through the second through hole of the connecting portion of the handle, the connecting post has two semi-circular fitting portions formed on the two opposite ends thereof; each of the two shafts is extended through the first through hole of each of the two side walls of the support base and through the first through hole of each of the two side plates of the connecting portion of the handle; each of the two fixing plates is mounted on the two shafts, each of the two fixing plates has a first end formed with an opening and a second end formed with a passage hole for passage of the two shafts, the first end of each of the two fixing plates has a corner formed with a through hole; each of the two ratchet wheels is secured on the two shafts for rotating the two shafts, each of the two ratchet wheels is engaged with a respective one of the two fitting portions of the connecting post; the fixing pin is extended through the passage hole of each of the two side walls of the support base and through the through hole of each of the two fixing plates; and each of the two locking blocks is pivotally mounted on the fixing pin, each of the two locking blocks has an end which locks a respective one of the two ratchet wheels.