ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,399, issued on March 3, was assigned to Konnectronix Inc. (Waukegan, Ill.).
"Multi-cable cord reel system" was invented by John Alford (Mundelein, Ill.) and Paul C. Burke (Lake Forest, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for simultaneous connection and transmission of data and/or power signals through a construction involving both fiber optic and conventional conduction cords. More specifically, a unitary construct comprising a plurality of bound cords, preferably, having at least one fiber optic cord and at least one conventional cord contained within a larger unitary construction, with one end of the construction being ret...