US 12,168,590 B2
Motorized retractable ribbon barrier
Jennifer Thenemann, Danville, CA (US); and Gregory Snyder, Novato, CA (US)
Assigned to Banner Stakes, LLC, Dublin, CA (US)
Filed by Banner Stakes, LLC, Dublin, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/517,002.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/109,124, filed on Nov. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135366 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 75/44 (2006.01); B65H 75/48 (2006.01); E01F 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 75/4471 (2013.01) [B65H 75/4428 (2013.01); B65H 75/4486 (2013.01); B65H 75/48 (2013.01); E01F 13/028 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a rotatable spool disposed within the housing;
a belt at least partially wound onto the spool;
a motorized retraction mechanism disposed within the housing, coupled to the spool, and configured to cause rotation of the spool in a first direction for winding the belt onto the spool;
a tensioning mechanism disposed within the housing, coupled to the spool, and configured to prevent over-rotation of the spool in a second direction opposite the first direction while the belt is being dispensed from the spool; and
a rotatable dispensing nozzle disposed on an opening in the housing, wherein the belt passes through the rotatable dispensing nozzle as it is wound on or dispensed from the spool.