Patent ID: 8272820

Claim:
A rope fastening device comprising: a gear box configured to be mounted on a predetermined position of a vehicle; a worm wheel rotatably mounted in the gear box; a worm rotatably mounted in the gear box and engaged with the worm wheel; an axially elongated cylindrical drum having a proximal rear end, a distal front end, and a center portion between the proximal rear end and the distal front end, the proximal rear end of the drum being fixed to the worm wheel so that the cylindrical drum is rotatable with the worm wheel, the axially elongated cylindrical drum extending axially from the worm wheel such that the axially elongated cylindrical drum extends outwardly away from the gear box; a rotating shaft continuous with the worm so as to rotate together with the worm; and a rotating tool engageable with the rotating shaft to rotate the worm wheel via the worm; wherein the axially elongated cylindrical drum is bifurcated to form a pair of legs separated by a slit that extends from the distal front end to the center portion of the axially, elongated cylindrical drum, the slit opening through the distal front end of the axially elongated cylindrical drum so as to allow a rope to be wound in a figure eight about an outer periphery of the axially elongated cylindrical drum and through the slit of the axially elongated cylindrical drum.