ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,146, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Tower-mountable plastic fiber loop storage basket for a telecommunications closure" was invented by Genaro Neri (Juarez, Mexico), Oscar Daniel Valenzuela Lopez (Juarez, Mexico) and Jesus Gustavo Pureco Chico (Juarez, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber loop storage basket for an optical fiber management assembly of a telecommunications closure. The fiber loop storage basket can be mounted to a tower of the assembly that also pivotally supports fiber management trays. The fiber loop storage basket can be constructed of plastic and includes m...