Patent ID: 7566194

Claim:
A ratcheting apparatus for engaging a driver of a cargo strap winch, the apparatus comprising: a cylindrical engagement sleeve for fitting over the driver, the engagement sleeve having a diameter, a first end and a second end; means for selectively engaging the winch driver with the engagement sleeve; a series of teeth on the second end of the engagement sleeve; a ratcheting sleeve of an equal diameter to the engagement sleeve diameter, the ratcheting sleeve having a first end and a second end; means for tensionally holding the engagement sleeve in ratcheting contact with the ratcheting sleeve; a series of teeth on the first end of the ratcheting sleeve, the ratcheting sleeve teeth for engaging the teeth of the engagement sleeve, the engagement sleeve teeth and the ratcheting sleeve teeth cumulatively ratcheting freely in one direction and engaging in an opposite direction; a pair ratcheting sleeve openings in the ratcheting sleeve, the openings proximal to the second end of the ratcheting sleeve.