ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,236, issued on April 7, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Optical fiber cable tray clip structurally configured to pivotally connect two trays together to limit access to lower tray" was invented by Kim Leeson (Ipswich, Great Britain) and Shaun Trezise (Aldeburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling member for connecting two optical fiber cable trays includes: a first portion; a second portion at a first end of the first portion; a third portion at a second end of the first portion; a first tray receiving portion at the first end of the first portion; and a second tray receiving portion at...