ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,891, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Ancra International LLC (Azusa, Calif.).
"Winch bar and related winch system" was invented by Joaquim C. da Rosa (Independence, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winch system may include a winch bar and a winch. The winch may have a base, a spool that is rotatable relative to the base, and a drive hub fixed to the spool such that when the drive hub rotates, the spool also rotates. The winch bar may include a winch engagement portion at an end of a shaft, where the winch engagement portion includes a protrusion configured to engage a socket of the drive hub, where the winch engagement portion...