ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,969, issued on March 31, was assigned to Southwire Co. LLC (Carrollton, Ga.).

"Single-use cable payoff systems with reduced pull resistance" was invented by Mark D. Dixon (Carrollton, Ga.), John Armstrong (Villa Rica, Ga.), Steven Powers (Carrollton, Ga.), Stephen L. Spruell (Carrollton, Ga.), Randy D. Kummer (Villa Rica, Ga.) and Torri L. Logan (Newnan, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are disposable cable payoff systems that maintain the performance standards required for operation at commercial sites, such as durability during transport from the manufacturer and cable payoff, and low resistance cable payoff. Pr...