Patent ID: 8136794

Claim:
A winch device comprising: a cable drum that releases and wraps first and second different supplies of cable simultaneously, said drum releasing and wrapping said first supply of cable in a first direction, and releasing and wrapping said second supply of cable in a second direction which is 180 degrees opposite from said first direction, where said first and second directions are both horizontal; a first support arm with a first idler end, said first support arm coupled relative to said cable drum and said first idler end separated from said cable drum in said first direction, and said first support arm adjustable to extend in a horizontal direction to adjust a horizontal distance between said cable drum and said idler end in said first direction and said first idler arm receiving said first supply of cable in said first direction, and coupling said first supply of cable into a third direction which is 90 degrees separated from said first direction and which is vertical; and a second support arm, with a second idler end coupled to said second support arm, and said second idler end separated from said cable drum in said second direction, said second idler end receiving said second supply of cable in said second direction, and coupling said second supply of cable into said third direction which is 90 degrees separated from said first direction and which is vertical but horizontally spaced from said first supply of cable from said first idler end.