ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,435, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to RAPID-ROPE LLC (Albion, Idaho).
"Rapid rope" was invented by Christopher A. Rodgers (Albion, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rope dispensing apparatus for rapidly dispensing a continuous rope from a compressed rope cartridge. The apparatus includes a canister for storage of the rope cartridge, a resealable lid with an opening for passing the rope from the cartridge out of the canister through the lid, and a replaceable cutting mechanism for cutting the rope when a desired length has been dispensed. Preferably, the rope cartridge is shrink-wrapped to fit within the canister and keep the r...