US 12,258,244 B2
Come along device
Troy Hatcher, Bay Village, OH (US); and Jesse Paradis, North Royalton, OH (US)
Assigned to Winston Products LLC, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by Winston Products LLC, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/510,927.
Application 18/510,927 is a continuation of application No. 17/554,750, filed on Dec. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,851,307.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,529, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083721 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B66D 3/20 (2006.01); B66D 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B66D 3/02 (2013.01) [B66D 2700/0116 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A come along device comprising:
a body;
an arm movable relative to the body;
a sprocket rotatably attached to the body and configured to accept a cable;
a release pawl configured to rotate between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein the release pawl engages the sprocket when the release pawl is in the engaged position such that when the arm is rotated in a second direction the sprocket is also rotated in the second direction to apply a tension in the cable;
a biasing member configured to hold the release pawl in either of the engaged position or the disengaged position; and
a push tab configured to move the release pawl between the engaged position and the disengaged position, wherein the push tab is coupled to the biasing member between a first end of the biasing member and a second end of the biasing member.