US Patent Issued to INDIANA MILLS & MANUFACTURING on May 13 for "Web retractor including web take-up prevention apparatus" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,072, issued on May 13, was assigned to INDIANA MILLS & MANUFACTURING INC. (Westfield, Ind.).

"Web retractor including web take-up prevention apparatus" was invented by Jeffrey A. King (Markleville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A web retractor includes a frame having spaced-apart side walls, a spool rotatably mounted between the side walls, a web having one end mounted to the spool, the spool rotatable in a web take-up direction to wrap the web onto the spool and in a web pay out direction to unwrap the web from the spool, and a web take-up prevention apparatus movably mounted to the frame and responsive to actuation thereof to...