ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,524, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Hall Logic Inc. (Provo, Utah).
"Winch" was invented by Michael Hall (Provo, Utah), Tyler Thomas (Salt Lake City), Michael Shinedling (Provo, Utah) and Cody Rees (Ashburn, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winch is disclosed having a drive cylinder, configured to be rotated by an applied force about its longitudinal axis and having at least three drive grooves. The winch also includes an idler with a longitudinal axis spaced apart from the longitudinal axis of the drive cylinder. A line is fed onto the winch by passing it over a first of the at least three drive grooves then around the idler ...