ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,257, issued on Oct. 21.
"Drum spooling system with load-bearing line protective wrap" was invented by William H. Brants (Las Vegas), Matthew B. Boswell (North Las Vegas, Nev.) and Carroll R. Mayhew (North Las Vegas, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drum spooling system with a line protective material or wrap that can be wound and unwound with a load-bearing line, such as a wire rope, on a load drum to form a superposed arrangement of layers of the load-bearing line and protective material around the load drum, which advantageously reduces the pressure on the drum, radial space and/or drum size requirements, and damage to the wir...