ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,974, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to BIZLINK ECOLAB LTD. (Kitchener, Canada).

"Assembly and method for supporting a cable" was invented by Scott Groleau (Kitchener, Canada) and Manish Patel (Kitchener, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly (200) for supporting a cable including a first piece (300) having a first hole (305), and a second piece (400) having a second hole (405). The first hole (305) and the second hole (405) are configured to be aligned with one another. The first hole (305) and the second hole (405) are configured to accept a screw (205) and/or a nut for securely coupling the first piece (300) and the se...