US Patent Issued to Ligon H. Flynn on Aug. 25 for "Reel apparatus for winding, storing, and dispensing a length of a tie-down strap, or the like" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,728, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Ligon H. Flynn (Wilmington, N.C.).

"Reel apparatus for winding, storing, and dispensing a length of a tie-down strap, or the like" was invented by Ligon Haywood Flynn (Wilmington, N.C.) and Brian Campbell (Carolina Beach, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reel apparatus configured to wind, store, and dispense a flexible tensile member can include a rotor in a housing. The rotor can include receptacles that can be respectively positioned to receive a portion of a length of the flexible tensile member while the length simultaneously extends through opposite openings in the housing. A crank co...