ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,313, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to LEVITON MANUFACTURING Co. INC. (Melville, N.Y.).
"Interlocked pay off reel design" was invented by Ronald J L Tessier (Lititz, Pa.), Ross Goldman (Bothell, Wash.) and John R. Weit Jr. (Stevens, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interlocked pay off reel comprises square or rectangular endplates that can be interlocked together to build a wall or skid of reels, and which allows the cable to be unspooled or paid out easily using a simple assembly. The pay off reel comprises two round flanges configured to hold respective ends of a cable spool. The flanges can be snapped to respective two squar...