ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,975, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Ningbo Xuli Metal Products Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China).
"Safety tensioning device for automobiles" was invented by Weiguo Chen (Ningbo, China), Yanqiong Chen (Ningbo, China), Kefeng Jin (Ningbo, China) and Wei Deng (Ningbo, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety tensioning device for automobile comprises a winding assembly disposed on the base and driven by a main shaft, the winding assembly and a coil spring; a stop plate and a pressing plate disposed respectively at the front end and the rear end of the base; a driving pawl is rotatably connected to the handle. The handle is pivoted to th...