ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,548, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Tie Down Inc. (Atlanta).
"Winch utility" was invented by Benjamin Miller Horst (Decatur, Ga.) and Warren van Nus (Lawrenceville, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winch utility includes a main body, the main body including a shell, the shell defining an enclosure; an electric motor mounted to and contained within at least a portion of the shell; a controller attached to an inner part of the shell and in electronic communication with the electric motor; and a bobbin coupled to the electric motor; and a cable coupled to the bobbin at a bobbin end, the cable defining a terminal end distal to the ...