Patent ID: 8805151

Claim:
A lashing assembly for lashing together fiber optic telecommunications cables, the lashing assembly comprising: a first spool assembly, the first spool assembly comprising: a first bobbin; and a first twine, the first twine wrapped around the first bobbin such that as a first cable and a second cable are passed through a passage through the first bobbin, the first twine pays off from the first bobbin and wraps around the first and second cables in a clockwise helix around lengthwise axes of the first and second cables, the first and second cables being fiber optic telecommunications cables; and a second spool assembly, the second spool assembly comprising: a second bobbin; and a second twine, the second twine wrapped around the second bobbin such that as the first and second cables are passed through the passage through the second bobbin, the second twine pays off from the second bobbin and wraps around the first and second cables in a counterclockwise helix around the lengthwise axes of the first and second cables.