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An innovative and advantageous ratcheting system having a housing, a corresponding ratcheting member, and a primary ratcheting member. Wherein the members provide dependent interlocking behavior between the corresponding ratcheting member and the primary ratcheting member whereby the dependent inter

An innovative and advantageous ratcheting system having a housing, a corresponding ratcheting member, and a primary ratcheting member. Wherein the members provide dependent interlocking behavior between the corresponding ratcheting member and the primary ratcheting member whereby the dependent interlocking behavior takes place on the adjoining surfaces orthogonal to the axis in which the ratcheting mechanism is rotatably mounted. Such interlocking behavior is dependent upon the direction of relative torque between the corresponding ratcheting member and the primary ratcheting member thereby allowing relative rotary motion in the first predetermined direction while preventing relative rotary motion in the second predetermined rotary direction. Further, the interlocking behavior between the corresponding ratcheting member and primary ratcheting member can be disabled whereby relative rotary motion between the ratcheting members can be achieved in the second predetermined rotary direction.

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1. A ratcheting system, comprising: a housing comprising a cavity having a first interlocking shape defined therein, the first interlocking shape formed along an interior periphery portion of the cavity;a primary ratcheting member comprising a base portion and a shaft generally extending transversel

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A ratcheting system, comprising: a housing comprising a cavity having a first interlocking shape defined therein, the first interlocking shape formed along an interior periphery portion of the cavity;a primary ratcheting member comprising a base portion and a shaft generally extending transversely from the base portion, the base portion comprising a plurality of reliefs generally extending transversely from the base portion, wherein an outer periphery of the base portion comprises a second interlocking shape for interlocking with the first interlocking shape of the housing, wherein the base portion is adapted and configured for fitting within the cavity of the housing such that the first and second interlocking shapes interengage therewith to prevent rotation therebetween;a corresponding ratcheting member rotatably mounted to the shaft of the primary ratcheting member, the corresponding ratcheting member comprising a first side and a second side, the first side comprising a plurality of ridges generally extending transversely therefrom for interengaging with the plurality of reliefs of the primary ratcheting member;a first force bearing member coupled between the shaft and the corresponding ratcheting member for urging the corresponding ratcheting member in a first rotary direction; anda second force bearing member disposed between the cavity of the housing and a portion of the base portion of the primary ratcheting member for biasing the plurality of reliefs of the base portion against the plurality of ridges of the corresponding ratcheting member,wherein when the reliefs of the primary ratcheting member and the ridges of the corresponding ratcheting member are interengaged therebetween, the reliefs and ridges are configured to allow rotation of the corresponding ratcheting member in the first rotary direction but prevent rotation of the corresponding ratcheting member in a second rotary direction generally opposite the first rotary direction, and wherein actuating an end of the shaft against the bias of the second force bearing member provides for disengaging the plurality of reliefs of the base portion from the plurality of ridges of the corresponding ratcheting member to allow for rotation of the corresponding ratcheting member in the second rotary direction. 2. The ratcheting system of claim 1, wherein said corresponding ratcheting member contains a reel for allowing cable to be wrapped thereon, wherein the cable can be wound onto the reel or unwound from the reel into and out of said housing. 3. The ratcheting system of claim 1, wherein said primary ratcheting member retains the capacity to move in an oscillatory motion with respect to the housing and the corresponding ratcheting member. 4. The ratcheting system of claim 1, wherein said first force bearing member is a spiral, power, torsion or constant force spring. 5. The ratcheting system of claim 1, wherein said corresponding ratcheting member comprises a cavity for receiving at least a portion of said first force bearing member, the cavity comprising attachment points formed in at least a portion of the cavity. 6. The ratcheting system of claim 1, wherein the second force bearing member is a coil spring. 7. A method for providing continual rotary motion in one rotary direction while retaining the ability to control rotary motion in the opposite direction, comprising: providing a first force bearing spring member for causing rotary motion of a first rotary member in a first rotary direction relative to a second member, the rotary motion being provided on an axis of rotation;providing a second force bearing spring member for urging the second member against the first rotary member to cause the first rotary member and the second member to interengage, the first rotary member and second member comprising complementary teeth, wherein the interengagement between the teeth is provided on a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and wherein the teeth are configured such that the first rotary member is capable of rotation in a second rotary direction but prevented from rotation in a second rotary direction;providing a release member in the form of a rod-like member coupled to at least a portion of the second member for separating the second member from the first rotary member against the bias of the second force bearing spring member such that the first rotary member is capable of rotation in the first and second rotary directions; andproviding an interlocking mechanism for preventing the second member from rotating in the first and second rotary directions but permitting axial movement of the second member along the axis of rotation, the interlocking mechanism comprising a first interlocking shape and a second interlocking shape, wherein the first interlocking shape is provided within a housing member that receives the first rotary member and the second member, wherein the first interlocking shape is formed along an interior periphery of the housing, wherein the second interlocking shape is provided on a periphery portion of the second member, the second interlocking shape adapted and configured for interlocking with the first interlocking shape, and wherein the interengagement between the teeth of the first rotary member and the second member in combination with the interlocking between the first and second interlocking shapes prevents the first rotary member to rotate along the axis of rotation in the second rotary direction when a force is being applied to the first rotary member in the second rotary direction. 8. A ratcheting system, comprising: a housing comprising a cavity having a first interlocking shape defined therein, the first interlocking shape formed along an interior periphery portion of the cavity;a primary ratcheting member comprising a base portion and a shaft generally extending transversely therefrom, the base portion comprising a plurality of reliefs generally extending transversely from the base portion, wherein an outer periphery of the base portion comprises a second interlocking shape for interlocking with the first interlocking shape of the housing, wherein the base portion is adapted and configured for fitting within the cavity of the housing such that the first and second interlocking shapes interengage therewith to prevent rotation therebetween; anda corresponding ratcheting member rotatably mounted to the shaft of the primary ratcheting member, the corresponding ratcheting member comprising a first side and a second side, the first side comprising a plurality of ridges generally extending transversely therefrom for interengaging with the plurality of reliefs of the primary ratcheting member. 9. The ratcheting system of claim 8, further comprising a first force bearing member coupled between the shaft and the corresponding ratcheting member for urging the corresponding ratcheting member in a first rotary direction. 10. A ratcheting system of claim 9, wherein the first force bearing member is a spiral, power, torsion or constant force spring. 11. The ratcheting system of claim 8, further comprising a second force bearing member disposed between the cavity of the housing and a portion of the base portion of the primary ratcheting member for biasing the plurality of reliefs of the base portion against the plurality of ridges of the corresponding ratcheting member. 12. The ratcheting system of claim 11, wherein the second force bearing member is a coil spring. 13. The ratcheting system of claim 8, wherein when the plurality of reliefs of the primary ratcheting member and the plurality of ridges of the corresponding ratcheting member are interengaged therebetween, the teeth are configured to allow rotation of the corresponding ratcheting member in the first rotary direction but prevent rotation of the corresponding ratcheting member in a second rotary direction generally opposite the first rotary direction. 14. The ratcheting system of claim 8, wherein the interengagement between the plurality of ridges of the corresponding ratcheting member and the plurality of reliefs of the primary ratcheting member in combination with the interengagement between the first and second interlocking shapes prevents the corresponding ratcheting member to rotate in the second rotary direction when a force is being applied to the corresponding ratcheting member in the second rotary direction. 15. The ratcheting system of claim 14, wherein the corresponding ratcheting member comprises a reel for allowing cable to be wrapped thereon, wherein the cable can be wound onto the reel or unwound from the reel into and out of said housing. 16. The ratcheting system of claim 14, wherein the force being applied to the corresponding ratcheting member in the second rotary direction is caused by the cable being pulled out of the housing, whereby the cable is prevented from being unwound from the reel by interengagement between the ridges and reliefs of the corresponding and the primary ratcheting member, respectively, in combination with the interengagement between the first and second interlocking shapes. 17. The ratcheting system of claim 8, wherein actuating an end of the shaft against the bias of the second force bearing member provides for disengaging the plurality of reliefs of the base portion from the plurality of ridges of the corresponding ratcheting member to allow for rotation of the corresponding ratcheting member in the second rotary direction. 18. A ratcheting system of claim 8, wherein the primary ratcheting member retains the capacity to move in an oscillatory motion with respect to the housing and the corresponding ratcheting member. 19. The ratcheting system of claim 8, wherein said corresponding ratcheting member comprises a cavity for receiving at least a portion of the first force bearing member, the cavity comprising attachment points formed in at least a portion of the cavity. 20. A ratchet comprising: a housing comprising a cavity having a first interlocking shape defined therein, the first interlocking shape formed along an interior periphery portion of the cavity;a primary ratcheting member comprising a base portion and a shaft generally extending transversely therefrom, the base portion comprising a plurality of reliefs generally extending transversely from the base portion, wherein an outer periphery of the base portion comprises a second interlocking shape for interlocking with the first interlocking shape of the housing, wherein the base portion is adapted and configured for fitting within the cavity of the housing such that the first and second interlocking shapes interengage therewith to prevent rotation therebetween; anda corresponding ratcheting member rotatably mounted to the shaft of the primary ratcheting member, the corresponding ratcheting member comprising a first side and a second side, the first side comprising a plurality of ridges generally extending transversely therefrom for interengaging with the plurality of reliefs of the primary ratcheting member,wherein rotation of the corresponding ratcheting member in at least one of a first or a second rotary direction is prevented by interengagement between the reliefs of the primary ratcheting member and the ridges of the corresponding ratcheting member in addition to the interengagement between the first and second interlocking shapes.