Patent ID: 7736084

Claim:
An adjustable brake for a collision strap comprising: a spindle assembly pivotally mounted in a mounting plate; a lower caliper disk, rigidly attached to the spindle assembly; an upper caliper disk assembly, axially adjustable and rotationally fixed with respect to the spindle assembly; a rotational bias means, operationally attached between the spindle assembly and the mounting plate, for facilitating rotation of the spindle assembly with respect to the mounting plate in a first rotational direction and preventing rotation of the spindle assembly with respect to the mounting plate in a second rotational direction; a spool assembly, axially aligned with and rotationally mounted on the spindle assembly; a brake disk, rigidly attached to the spool assembly; an upper brake lining disk, adjacent the upper caliper disk assembly and the brake disk; a lower brake lining disk, adjacent the lower caliper disk and the brake disk; and a spool channel, rigidly connected to the spool assembly, for spooling the collision strap when the spool assembly is rotated in the first rotational direction and for facilitating adjustable payout tension of the collision strap when the spool assembly is rotated in the second rotational direction by the collision strap.