US Patent Issued to AB FINLANDIA AUTOMATION on June 16 for "Reel stand" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,977, issued on June 16, was assigned to AB FINLANDIA AUTOMATION OY (Espoo, Finland).

"Reel stand" was invented by Nils Johan Michelsson (Espoo, Finland) and Kari Santeri Santavirta (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To obtain a reel stand, the displacement of which during use may be easily prevented, the reel stand includes a unitary, substantially U-shaped frame having first and second branches. Both branches include a planar section, the planar sections together defining a plane, and a support section including first and second rod sections that together form an angle. Both rod sections connect to the planar section thr...