ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,239, issued on May 19, was assigned to Western Excelsior LLC (Evansville, Ind.).

"Cable tensioning assembly and method of using same" was invented by Chad Lipscomb (Evansville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable tensioning assembly for securing at least one elongate member, comprising: a case having a first side and an opposing second side with a first and a second curved cavity, respectively: a first and second gripping arrangement in the first and the second curved cavity, respectively, each of the gripping arrangements having a clamp; a central cavity with a connector disposed within said central cavity, wherein each of th...