ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,634, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Encore Wire Corp. (McKinney, Texas).
"Apparatus and method for a free-spinning wire dispensing reel" was invented by William T. Bigbee Jr. (Hawkins, Texas) and John L. Rhoads (Lewisville, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for dispensing wire or cable from a reel assembly. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises an inner flange assembly and an outer flange assembly. The inner flange assembly is capable of freely rotating relative to the outer flange assembly for dispensing wire from any surface. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes an inner flange assembly,...