ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,368, issued on March 17, was assigned to Quanta Associates LP (Houston).
"Anti-rotation device for cable stringing" was invented by Daniel Neil O'Connell (Oliver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-rotation device is provided for stringing a cable or wire while reducing a twisting moment of the cable or wire as it is strung. The device includes a tow component, having multiple tow sections pivotally connectable end-to-end. A plurality of electrically insulated weighted tails are suspended so as to hang from the tow component. Each of the tails includes weighted tail sections releasably connectable end-to-end to one anothe...