US Patent Issued to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES on May 5 for "Dispenser for a continuous strip of a substrate supporting bend-sensitive items" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,601, issued on May 5, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Dispenser for a continuous strip of a substrate supporting bend-sensitive items" was invented by Cyle D. Petersen (Belle Plaine, Minn.), John T. Pfarr (Le Sueur, Minn.) and Michael J. Schomisch (Rosemount, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging dispenser for bend-resistant items. In some embodiments, the dispenser includes a container storing bags of cables in an alternating folded pattern. In some embodiments, a vertically floating dispensing guide guides the bags through a slot in the container. The dispensing guide is configured and arranged...