Patent ID: 7017887

Claim:
A winch for operating off a 12-volt DC power supply so as to draw fewer than 30 amps comprising in combination: a motor having an output shaft with a first gear; a first gear pair having a second gear for meshing with said first gear and a third gear, said second gear having a greater diameter than said first gear and said third gear having a smaller diameter than said second gear, said second and third gears being operatively interconnected to rotate in unison; a second gear pair having a fourth gear meshed with said third gear and having a diameter at least as great as said third gear and a fifth gear of a smaller diameter than said fourth gear, said fourth and fifth gears being operatively interconnected to rotate in unison; a sixth gear meshed with said fifth gear, said sixth gear having a greater diameter than said fifth gear; a seventh gear having a smaller diameter than said sixth gear and adapted to be rotated in unison with said sixth gear; an eighth gear meshed with said seventh gear and having a diameter greater than said seventh gear; a spool operatively connected to said eighth gear to rotate in unison therewith; and a compressible, flexible cable made of a synthetic material having one end anchored to said spool, said cable being wrappable about said spool upon energization of said motor.