ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,696, issued on March 24, was assigned to Reaction Labs LLC (Austin, Texas).
"Magnetized cables for improved cable management" was invented by John Hanna (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed magnetized cable produces a persistent magnetic field configured to aid in aligning and maintaining alignment of the cable while the cable is being looped, wound, or otherwise coiled for storage or transport and, when the cable is in a coiled state, maintaining the cable in coiled state while also permitting a user to easily uncoil the cable by hand."
The patent was filed on Nov. 10, 2024, under Application No. 18/942,768.
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