US Patent Issued on Feb. 25 for "Self-retractable winch" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,132, issued on Feb. 25.

"Self-retractable winch" was invented by Luc Massicotte (Weedon, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-retracting tie down winch for tying cargo on a vehicle is provided. The self-retracting tie down winch comprise a frame that can be attached temporarily or permanently to the transport vehicle, a binding system to secure the cargo, the binding system comprising a gear and a unidirectional pawl and driver to insert a binding media. The self-retracting tie down winch further comprises a space to spool the tie down media around the winch shaft, a self-retracting mechanism for the tie down media to self-re...