ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,401, issued on Jan. 20.
"Device for protecting vertically installed electrical power cables" was invented by Jeremy May (Lindale, Texas) and Sean Landen (Lindale, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable protection device for protecting vertically installed cables on a vertical structure, such as electrical cables on a cell phone tower or other tower structure, may include an elongate body and a pair of angled wings extending at an angle outward from opposite edges of a central portion of the elongate body. The device may be made of a rigid, yet pliable material, such as high-density polyethylene with incorporated ultraviolet sta...