Patent ID: 8567766

Claim:
A tensioning bar assist device, suitable for use with a tensioning bar used to adjust a truck winch, the tensioning bar having a winch coupling end and an opposed end having a pair of tensioning bar through bores, the assist device ( 100 ) comprising: a top surface ( 10 ) and a bottom surface ( 20 ) in spaced apart relation, each surface having a peripheral edge ( 18 ) extending around an outermost edge of the top surface and the bottom surface; a U-shaped exterior wall ( 40 ) affixed to the peripheral edge ( 18 ) of the top surface ( 20 ) and the bottom surface ( 20 ); at least two through bores ( 30 ) located along a vertical central axis of the top surface ( 10 ) and the bottom surface ( 20 ); and at least two fasteners ( 32 ) ( 34 ) inserted into the through bores ( 30 ), wherein the top surface, bottom surface, and the U-shaped exterior wall define an interior space having five walled surfaces and one open side, and an interior width spanning the interior space between the top surface and the bottom surface sized and shaped to receive the tensioning bar opposed end, and wherein the at least two fasteners are sized to span the interior width, whereby the opposed end of the tensioning bar inserted into the interior space is secured thereto by the at least two fasteners ( 30 ) inserted into all the through bores of the top surface, bottom surface, and opposed end.