ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,690, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to WOLFF & MULLER TIEF-UND STRASSENBAU GMBH & Co. KG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Cable drum support for rotatably supporting a cable drum" was invented by Joachim Hillenmaier (Ingelfingen-Eberstal, Germany), Philip Kircher (Asperg, Germany) and Edgar Baumann (Igersheim / Bernsfelden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to a cable drum support for rotatably supporting a cable drum, including a cross beam, on which two holding arms are arranged, which are aligned parallel to one another, wherein each holding arm has a respective laterally protruding and rotatably supported bear...