ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,182, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Encore Wire Corp. (McKinney, Texas).
"Packaging skate system and method" was invented by Harrison J. Hord (The Colony, Texas) and Joshua Cody Collinsworth (Whitewright, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system, and method for wrapping a plastic film over a wire or cable wound on a spool or reel. The system comprising a packaging assembly, the packaging assembly further comprising a plastic film, a plastic film payoff shaft connected to the plastic film, a vertical support connected to the plastic film payoff shaft, a first conveyor roller coupled to the vertical support, a ro...