Patent ID: 6908073

Claim:
A hand winch having a removable sway handle comprising: a main body having a main axis with a winding drum thereon for winding a cable, a plurality of ratchet teeth of single direction abutting a lateral side of said winding drum, a subordinate hook secured to one end thereof and a main hook including a pulley in rear end connected to said cable which has a distal portion surrounding said pulley and fastened to a transverse bar at other end of said main body; a sway handle removably and rotatably secured to the main axis of said main body having a tongs shaped front portion composed of a pair of symmetrical prongs each of which has a concave in fore end, a small hole above the concave, a circular through hole and a screw hole spacedly formed above the small hole, a check pawl rotatably connected to an axial rod engageable with said ratchet teeth and a lever positioned under said check pawl and connected with a spring from one of said prongs for operating said check pawl; a pair of elastic members each having an elastic plate including a screw hole adjacent a free end respectively engaged with the screw holes of said prongs and secured by a pair of screws from an inner side of said prongs and a cap with an opening in an inner side releasably engaged with the circular through hole from the inner side of said prongs; a pair movable plates rotatably secured to the outside of said prongs by a pair of rivets and each having a though hole in a center engaged with the small hole of said prongs, a positioning hole adjacent one end engaged with the caps of said elastic members and a check slot in the other end respectively engaged with said main axis and blocking the concave of said prongs; and whereby, press said caps inward to set said movable plates free to rotate to permit said sway handle readily removes from said main body.