US Patent Issued to SLINGCO on Aug. 25 for "Wire holder" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,254, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SLINGCO Ltd. (Rawtenstall, Great Britain).

"Wire holder" was invented by Bradford L. Carney (Tyrone, Ga.), John H. Hamrick (Rawtenstall, Great Britain), Sandile Mpande (Rawtenstall, Great Britain) and Paul Pomeroy (Rawtenstall, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wire holders for overhead electrical wires (e.g. powerlines) are configured to be used with a temporary extension arm. Temporary extension arms and wire holders are used in adverse weather conditions which can be dangerous if a live wire escapes the wire holder. Proposed is a wire holder having a latch mounted to a first uprig...