Load binder

Claim 1

A LOAD BINDER FOR TIGHTENING AND HOLDING A FLEXIBLE RETAINER SUCH AS A CHAIN ABOUT A LOAD OF LOGS, LUMBER AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A YOKE HAVING A BRIDGE AND SPACED LEGS EXTENDING TO AN OPEN END, A FIRST FASTENER FLEXIBLY CONNECTED TO SAID BRIDGE AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO ONE END OF SAID RETAINER, A LEVER HAVING A MANUAL HANDLE PORTION AND A BIFURCATED SHANK EXTENDING INTO THE OPEN END OF SAID YOKE, MEANS PIVOTING THE LEVER ON SAID YOKE AT SAID OPEN END, SPACED LINKS FLEXIBLY CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO SECOND AND THIRD FASTENER MEANS, MEANS PIVOTING SAID LINKS WITHIN SAID LEVER SHANK, SAID PIVOT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE YOKE AND LEVER BEING LOCATED ON THE LEVER LONGITUDINALLY BETWEEN SAID LINK PIVOT CONNECTIONS, SAID SECOND AND THIRD FASTENER MEANS BEING ADAPTED FOR ALTERNATE OPERATIVE DETACHABLE CONNECTION TO THE OTHER END OF SAID RETAINER AS SAID LEVER IS SWUNG BETWEEN OPPOSITE LIMIT POSITIONS ABOUT ITS PIVOT ON SAID YOKE, AND SAID YOKE, LEVER AND LINKS BEING SO DISPOSED THAT DURING SAID SWINGING OF THE LEVER BETWEEN LIMIT POSITIONS SAID LINKS ARE SWINGABLE THROUGH THE LEGS OF SAID YOKE AND MEANS FOR LIMITING THE SWING OF SAID LEVER BETWEEN SAID OPPOSITE LIMIT POSITIONS.