Patent ID: 8789696

Claim:
A device for storage, transport, deployment and retraction of line, the device comprising: a sleeve which defines a storage compartment and has an opening adjacent at least one end; a closure apparatus disposed in the sleeve adjacent the opening, the closure apparatus configured to adjust the opening to a position ranging from substantially closed to substantially open; a sleeve end member with an extended section between a first edge portion secured adjacent to the one end of the sleeve and an opposing second edge portion; and at least one guide mechanism device is provided adjacent the opposing second edge portion in the extended section of the sleeve end member to facilitate with the extended section of the sleeve end member a stroke length for the deployment and retraction of the line; wherein the sleeve end member is a strap member which is secured adjacent the first edge portion to the sleeve and has at least one position where the strap member extends out from the inside of the sleeve and the at least one guide mechanism device is connected to the strap member at a distance away from the opening of the sleeve.