ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,374, issued on March 18.
"Reeling device" was invented by Ewart Richardson (Chorleywood, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reeling device for the controlled coiling and uncoiling of a cable has a first end that is fixed and a second end that is movable relative to the first end. The cable is unbroken between its first and second ends. The reeling device includes first and second reels about which the cable is coiled. The first and second reels are coaxial. The first reel is fixed against rotation and axial movement, and the second reel is rotatable about the axis with such rotation causing axial movement of the second r...