ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,185, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Klein Tools Inc. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Apparatus for dispensing tie wire" was invented by Soo In Ma (Mansfield, Texas) and Jonathan Low (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for dispensing tie wire having a housing with a main housing part and a cover part. The cover part is releasably joined with the main housing part to thereby place the main housing part and cover part in an assembled relationship wherein a wrapped supply of tie wire is blocked in an operative position within the housing. A latch component is selectively movable between latched and unlatched positio...