Patent ID: 7740232

Claim:
A winch bar, comprising: (a) a winch drive engagement portion having a root end and a tip and defining a first central longitudinal axis and adapted to engage a winch drive socket with said first central longitudinal axis extending in a radial direction; (b) an elongate reach portion having a first end attached to the root end of the winch engagement portion and having an opposite second end, the reach portion extending away from the drive engagement portion at an obtuse angle and defining a reach portion central axis intersecting the first central longitudinal axis and thereby defining an obtuse offset angle; and (c) an elongate third portion having a pair of opposite inner and outer ends defining a longitudinal axis thereof, the inner end being interconnected with the second end of the reach portion, the third portion extending away from the second end of the reach portion, and the longitudinal axis of the elongate third portion and the reach central axis defining an obtuse compensating angle, the compensating angle resulting in the central longitudinal axis of the third portion being more nearly parallel with the first central longitudinal axis than is the reach central axis, and wherein said winch bar extends in a radial direction from a winch drive socket when said winch drive engagement portion is engaged therein in a radial direction.