Ratcheting Strap Kit

• US 20180118126A1
• Filed: 09/19/2017
• Published: 05/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Remington Industries
• Original Assignee: Remington Industries
• Inventors: Anderson, Erik Edward
• Granted Patent: US 10,023,128 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 25/00 Implements for fastening, connecting or tensioning of wire or strip
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 7/083 Tensioning by repetetive movement of an actuating member
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 7/0846 winding up or storing of straps
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 9/048 Carriers characterised by article-gripping , -covering,-retaining, or -locking means

Abstract

A container and a securement strap are disclosed. The securement strap includes a crank. The container has a housing and a lid. The housing has a hollow interior adapted to receive the securement strap. The hollow interior is surrounded by a bottom wall and sidewalls to contain the securement strap, and has an open top to receive the securement strap into the hollow interior. At least one of the sidewalls has a hole therethrough. The lid is attached to the housing at the open top by a hinge. The lid being pivotable relative to the housing about the hinge between a closed position wherein access to the hollow interior is denied and an opened position in which access to the hollow interior is enabled. The lid is latchable to the housing to deny pivoting relative thereto and thereby deny receipt and removal of the securement strap. The hole is shaped and disposed to allow the crank to pass there-through to the exterior of the housing when the securement strap is received into the hollow interior, such that the crank may be used as a handle for carrying the combination.

Claims

1. In combination, a container and a securement strap:

the securement strap comprising a crank;

the container comprising a housing and a lid;

the housing having a hollow interior adapted to receive the securement strap, the hollow interior surrounded by a bottom wall and sidewalls to contain the securement strap, and an open top to receive the securement strap into the hollow interior;

at least one of the sidewalls having a hole therethrough;

the lid being attached to the housing at the open top by a hinge;

the lid being pivotable relative to the housing about the hinge between a closed position wherein access to the hollow interior is denied and an opened position in which access to the hollow interior is enabled;

the lid being latchable to the housing to deny pivoting relative thereto and thereby deny receipt and removal of the securement strap;

wherein

the hole is shaped and disposed to allow the crank to pass there-through to the exterior of the housing when the securement strap is received into the hollow interior, such that the crank may be used as a handle for carrying the combination.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein the securement strap is a ratcheting strap having a free strap sub-assembly and a ratcheting strap sub-assembly selectably connectable thereto and disconnectable therefrom, and wherein the free and ratcheting strap assemblies are storable within the hollow interior such that the crank may be used as a handle for carrying the combination both when the free and ratcheting strap assemblies are connected to each other and when the free and ratcheting strap assemblies are disconnected from each other.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein a first of the sidewalls is a front sidewall and the hole is through the front sidewall so that the crank may be used as a frontal handle for carrying the combination.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein a second of the sidewalls is a right sidewall and a third of the sidewalls is a left sidewall oppositely-disposed from the right sidewall, and wherein one of the right and left sidewalls comprises a first connector portion and the other of the right and left sidewalls comprises a second connector portion, and wherein the first and second connector portions are matable to enable an identical housing to be connectable with the housing in a side-by-side arrangement thereby.

5. The combination of claim 4 wherein the first connector portion is a male connector portion and the second connector portion is a female connector portion adapted to receive the male connector portion of an identical container.

6. The combination of claim 5 wherein the male connector portion comprises an eared post and the female connector portion comprises a keyhole, and the ear post is shaped to fit into the keyhole when the housings are in a non-aligned disposition, and wherein pivoting the housings into an aligned position after inserting the eared post into the keyhole causes the housings to be locked in an aligned side-by-side arrangement.

7. The combination of claim 1 wherein a first of the sidewalls is a right sidewall and a second of the sidewalls is a left sidewall oppositely-disposed from the right sidewall, and wherein one of the right and left sidewalls comprises a first connector portion and the other of the right and left sidewalls comprises a second connector portion, and wherein the first and second connector portions are matable to enable an identical housing to be connectable with the housing in a side-by-side arrangement thereby.

8. The combination of claim 7 wherein the first connector portion is a male connector portion and the second connector portion is a female connector portion adapted to receive the male connector portion.

9. The combination of claim 8 wherein the male connector portion comprises an eared post and the female connector portion comprises a keyhole, and the ear post is shaped to fit into the keyhole when the housings are in a non-aligned disposition, and wherein pivoting the housings into an aligned position after inserting the eared post into the keyhole causes the housings to be locked in an aligned side-by-side arrangement.

10. A container for storing a securement strap:

the container comprising a housing and a lid;

the housing having a hollow interior adapted to receive the securement strap, the hollow interior surrounded by a bottom wall and sidewalls to contain the securement strap, and an open top to receive the securement strap into the hollow interior;

at least one of the sidewalls having a hole therethrough;

the lid being attached to the housing at the open top by a hinge;

the lid being pivotable relative to the housing about the hinge between a closed position wherein access to the hollow interior is denied and an opened position in which access to the hollow interior is enabled;

the lid being latchable to the housing to deny pivoting relative thereto and thereby deny receipt and removal of the securement strap;

wherein

the hole is shaped and disposed to allow a crank of the securement strap to pass there-through to the exterior of the housing when the securement strap is received into the hollow interior, such that the crank may be used as a handle for carrying the container and securement strap.