ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,369, issued on July 14.
"Apparatus for positioning and retaining a cable-styled device around an object" was invented by Cesar Eduardo Nunez (Miramar, Fla.), Claudio Santiago Ribeiro (Evanston, Ill.) and Patrick Stuart Claeys (Weston, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for positioning and retaining a cable-styled device around an object includes a first member and a second member that are movable relative to each other. The first member includes a hinge element defining an opening proximate a first end of the first member, a hinge pin positioned within the opening, and a first retention element configured to receive a f...