ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,128, issued on May 27, was assigned to Elkhorn Mountain Holdings LLC (Layton, Utah).
"Shock tube coil system" was invented by Kenneth D. Lewis (Santa Clara, Utah) and David B. McKean (Layton, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock tube coil system includes a housing, a plurality of channels for retaining a shock tube, and, optionally, a detonator. In some examples, the shock tube coil system includes hook and loop, a bag, or other means for removably attaching the coil system to a user, robot, or other object. A user is able to store the shock tube in the housing and withdraw as much shock tube is needed for a given application....