ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,782, issued on May 20.
"Convertible fairlead assembly" was invented by Max K. Gremillion (Williams, Ariz.) and Colleen P. Gremillion (Williams, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to a convertible fairlead assembly system that may be configured as a roller fairlead that has rolling surfaces substantially along the perimeter of the fairlead cable opening, a hawse-roller fairlead, having hawse fixtures on either end a first and second roller, and a combination fairlead having a hawse fixture on one end and an end-roller fixture on the opposing end. A bracket may be configured with attachment apertures to allo...