US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 388.2
.~.~.~ With material snagging lock (e.g., midline tightener)

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242 /   HD   WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING

370  DF  REELING DEVICE {11}
388  DF  .~ Multiple windings {2}
388.1  DF  .~.~ Of centrally gripped material {2}
388.2.~.~.~ With material snagging lock (e.g., midline tightener) {2}
388.3  DF  .~.~.~.~> With unidirectional brake
388.4  DF  .~.~.~.~> With integrated crank

DEFINITION

Classification: 242/388.2

With material snagging lock (e.g., midline tightener):

(under subclass 388.1) Subject matter wherein the reeling device includes a stationary catch to grasp the elongated material to prevent uncoiling.

(1) Note. A midline tightener typically uses a spool positioned over a center portion on wire whose ends are fixed so that rotation of the spool winds from the center toward fixed ends to tension the wire for removing sag, which tightener requires means (e.g., a wire engaging hook or bridge) to prevent backward rotation of the entire device and thereby loss of tension.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

211, Supports: Racks,

119.15, for a clothesline tightener associated with a clothesline pole.

254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,

213+, for a rotated drum used in a stretching tool disengageable from the material being stretched.