US Patent Issued to Southwire on Sept. 8 for "Reel chock" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,093, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Southwire Co. LLC (Carrollton, Ga.).

"Reel chock" was invented by Roy Savoy Bearden (Temple, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reel chock is disclosed according to various embodiments. The reel chock can include a chock body that has a width that extends along a pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot plate attached to the chock body. The pivot plate can be transverse to the pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot arm that is rotatably connected to the pivot plate such that the pivot arm rotates about the pivot axis. The pivot arm can include a fastener portion that e...