Patent Application
20250082072
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The disclosure relates to ratchet strap device and more particularly pertains to a new ratchet strap device for encasing the ratchet strap device from water damage.
The prior art relates to ratchet strap devices. The prior art includes a variety of ratchet strap devices configured for encasing a ratchet assembly. Known prior art lacks a ratchet strap device having a cap configured for facilitating access to the shaft of the ratchet assembly without removing the encasing.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a capsule. The capsule has a cylindrical shape and is made of a plastic material. The capsule has a perimeter wall enclosing an interior that defines a space for encasing a ratchet assembly. Furthermore, the perimeter wall has a first edge and a second edge. A side wall is positioned on the first edge of the perimeter wall and a cap is attachable and removable from the second edge of the capsule. The cap is the plastic material and has a center where a hole is configured for inserting a shaft of the ratchet assembly within. A flap assembly is nested within the perimeter wall of the capsule and comprises a pair of flaps. Each of the flaps is a rubber material and an opening is positioned between each of the flaps wherein the opening defines an access from the interior of the capsule to an exterior environment.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A cap 32 is attachable and removable from the second edge 24 of the capsule 12. Additionally, the cap 32 is the same as the plastic material 14 of the capsule 12. The cap 32 is a circular plate having center 34 with a hole 36 being configured for inserting a shaft 38 of the ratchet assembly 20 within. The cap 32 has an outer edge 40 where a cover 42 is positioned proximate to. The cover 42 protrudes out from the cap 32 and is positioned perpendicular relative to the cap 32. In addition, the cover 42 has an interior surface 44, and the interior surface 44 has a groove 46 being a second portion of the snap lock fastening 30 wherein the cap 32 is configured for securing to the second edge 24 of the capsule 12 by the snap lock fastening 30. Furthermore, the outer edge 40 of the cap 32 has a flange 48 protruding out from the outer edge 40 and being coplanar with the cap 32. The flange 48 is configured for providing a grip for removing the cap 32 from the capsule 12.
A flap assembly 50 is nested within the perimeter wall 16 of the capsule 12 and comprises a pair of flaps 52. Each of the flaps 52 is a rubber material 54 being configured for being supple and liquid impervious. The pair of flaps 52 is positioned coplanar to each other and an opening 56 is positioned between each of the flaps 52. The opening 56 defines an access from the interior 18 of the capsule 12 to an exterior environment such that an end 58 of a strap 60 of the ratchet assembly 20 can be nested through. The flap assembly 50 is retained in a fixed positioned within the perimeter wall 16 of the capsule 12 by the cap 32.
In use, the ratchet assembly 20 having a roll of straps 62 is nested within the interior 18 of the capsule 12. The shaft 38 of the ratchet assembly 20 is positioned facing the second edge 24 of the perimeter wall 16 of the capsule 12. The end 58 of the strap 60 from the roll of straps 62 is inserted through the opening 56 of the flap assembly 50 prior to attaching a hook assembly 64 to the end 58 of the strap 60. The cap 32 is positioned on the second edge 24 of the perimeter wall 16 wherein the groove 46 of the cover 42 of the cap 32 engages by snap lock fastening 30 to the ring 28 of the second end 24 of the capsule 12. The roll of straps 62 of the ratchet assembly 20 are protected from water damage while the hook assembly 64 and the shaft 38 of the ratchet assembly 20 are still accessible by the user.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
