ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,628, issued on Jan. 20.
"Latching snap wrap" was invented by Kristopher J. Hewes (Charlestown, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latching snap wrap for securing bundles such as a wrapped cable is provided. The snap wrap has a base layer formed of an elongate, resilient, flexible material that allows the snap wrap be capable of two different positions. The first is a non-actuated position such that it has a widthwise curve, and is approximately linear in a lengthwise direction; the second is an actuated position such that it is curved in a lengthwise direction and approximately flat in the widthwise direction. The snap wrap furthe...