ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,666, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Humanscale Corp. (New York).

"Cable management apparatus and method" was invented by Brian Cameron (West Islip, N.Y.), Kingyu Li (Milburn, N.J.), Ross Velazquez (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and G. Justin Meeks (Willow Spring, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for cable management. The apparatus may include a cap assembly for attaching the apparatus to a work surface where a user desires to raise power and/or data connections vertically up to the work surface. The apparatus may further include a dynamic leg assembly for adjusting a height of the apparatus. Once installed, a user ma...