Patent ID: 9139124
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B60P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A load-strapping device including at least two frame parts connected by a pivotable joint, where one frame part is attached to a strap, where the joint between the frame parts is provided with a spindle extending between parallel flanges of the frame parts, the pivotable joint between the frame parts provided at opposite ends of the spindle with a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism which provides one-way rotation of the spindle when the frame parts are pivoted repeatedly in opposing directions, the spindle itself being a two-part design, where a first part of the spindle can be moved relatively to a second part of the spindle in order to engage and/or release a strap between the parts of the spindle, characterised in that the first part of the spindle is suspended pivotably about a pivot axis extending through one end of the spindle and substantially at a right angle to the spindle so that the first part can be pivoted between a closed position defined as substantially in parallel with the second part of the spindle and so that a plane containing the pivot axis extends longitudinally through the first and second parts of the spindle, and an open position defined as the first part being pivoted so as to form an angle with the plane.