US 12,304,782 B1
Convertible fairlead assembly
Max K. Gremillion, Williams, AZ (US); and Colleen P. Gremillion, Williams, AZ (US)
Filed by Max K. Gremillion, Williams, AZ (US); and Colleen P. Gremillion, Williams, AZ (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,333.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/274,173, filed on Nov. 1, 2021.
Int. Cl. B66D 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC B66D 1/36 (2013.01) [B66D 2700/0191 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A convertible roller-hawse fairlead assembly system comprising:
a) a first roller;
b) a second roller;
c) a first end-roller assembly comprising:
i) a first end-roller fixture;
ii) a first end-roller axle;
iii) a first end-roller coupled to the first end-roller fixture and configured to spin about said end-roller axle;
d) a first hawse fixture having a curved rope surface;
e) a baseplate extending from a first end to a second end and having,
i) a thickness from a back side to a front side;
ii) a first end bracket;
iii) a second end bracket;
iv) a first roller extension extending from the first end bracket to the second end bracket;
v) a second roller extension extending from the first end bracket to the second end bracket;
vi) a fairlead cable opening having a perimeter;
wherein each of the first roller extension and second roller extension have a groove that is configured to receive said first roller and said second roller respectively;
wherein the first end-roller assembly is configured for detachable attachment to the first end bracket or second end bracket of the baseplate;
wherein the first hawse fixture is configured for detachable attachment to the first end bracket or second end bracket of the baseplate;
wherein the first end of the baseplate has one of said first end-roller assembly or first hawse fixture;
wherein the second end of the baseplate has one of said first end-roller assembly or first hawse fixture; and
wherein the convertible roller-hawse fairlead assembly is convertible from a roller fairlead having said first end-roller assembly detachably attached to the first end bracket of the baseplate and a second end-roller assembly detachably attached to the second end bracket of the baseplate, to a hawse-roller fairlead having a first hawse fixture detachably attachable to the first end bracket of the baseplate and a second hawse fixture detachably attachable to the second end bracket of the baseplate, to a combination fairlead having one of each of the first end-roller assembly and the first hawse fixture detachably attached to opposing said first end bracket and said second end bracket of the baseplate.