ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,315, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Scientific Anglers LLC (Midland, Mich.).
"Spool assembly and method of assembly" was invented by Joshua Herbert Jenkins (Midland, Mich.) and Jeffrey Nelson Noble (Rockford, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spool configured to support a roll of material. The spool comprises an arbor, a first flange, and a second flange. The first flange includes a first plurality of flange panels that are rotatably connected to respective arbor panels of the arbor at a first arbor edge of the arbor. The second flange is connected to a second arbor edge of the arbor. The first flange is configured to transi...