Portable power-driven winch device

Claim 1

A PORTABLE POWER-OPERATED WINCH COMPRISING A BASE INCLUDING OPPOSITE END PORTIONS AND OPPOSITE SIDES, A CHAIN SAW MOTOR INCLUDING A REARWARDLY DISPOSED HANDLE AND A FORWARDLY DISPOSED DRIVE SHAFT JOURNALED FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID MOTOR, MEANS REMOVABLY SECURING SAID MOTOR TO ONE END PORTION OF SAID BASE AT ONE SIDE THEREOF WITH SAID AXIS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID BASE, SAID HANDLE DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID BASE, AND SAID SHAFT SPACED FROM SAID HANDLE TOWARD THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID BASE, A RIGHT-ANGLE REDUCING GEAR BOX SECURED TO SAID ONE END PORTION OF SAID BASE ADJACENT THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF AND INCLUDING AN INPUT SHAFT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID BASE ADJACENT SAID ONE SIDE THEREOF HAVING AN EXPOSED END PORTION ADJACENT SAID ONE END PORTION OF SAID BASE ON WHICH A FIRST DRIVEN WHEEL IS MOUNTED, SAID DRIVE SHAFT INCLUDING A FIRST DRIVE WHEEL ALIGNED WITH SAID DRIVEN WHEEL, AN ENDLESS DRIVE MEMBER ENTRAINED ABOUT SAID DRIVE AND DRIVEN WHEELS, SAID GEAR BOX INCLUDING AN OUTPUT SHAFT JOURNALED FOR ROTATON ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BASE AND SPACED TOWARD THE OTHER END THEREOF FROM SAID DRIVE MEMBER, SAID OUTPUT SHAFT HAVING A SECOND DRIVE WHEEL MOUNTED THEREON, A WINDING MEMBER JOURNALED ON SAID OTHER END PORTION OF SAID BASE FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BASE AND INCLUDING A SECOND DRIVEN WHEEL ALIGNED WITH SAID SECOND DRIVE WHEEL, AND AN ENDLESS DRIVE MEMBER ENTRAINED ABOUT SAID SECOND DRIVE AND DRIVEN WHEELS.