US Patent Issued to THE NEMAHA-MARSHALL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION on Feb. 25 for "Live line handling device" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,653, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to THE NEMAHA-MARSHALL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INC. (Axtell, Kan.).

"Live line handling device" was invented by Blake A. Ronnebaum (Baileyville, Kan.) and Kathleen M. O'Brien (Seneca, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are devices and methods for moving a workpiece on a power line. A device can comprise a housing having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end can be operable to couple with a rod. The distal end can have first and second intersecting channels, wherein the first channel can provide access to an interior portion of the housing. The device can furt...