ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,283, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Magpul Industries Corp. (Austin, Texas).

"Cable management system" was invented by Michael Werner (Arvada, Colo.), Zachary Freeman (Westminster, Colo.) and Cristopher McRae (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable management device having a cap with cable channels and an aperture through which a plug is removably coupled to secure the cable management device into an accessory mounting slot. The cable channels can be open on a bottom of the device to accept one or more cables and capture them between the cable management device and a surface of the object with the accessory slots. The...