ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,761, issued on July 15.

"Non-metallic conduit hubs" was invented by Scott B. Wurms (Shelton, Conn.) and Joseph Cretella (Ansonia, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Non-metallic conduit hubs are provided herein, having a flange configured for attachment to an electrical box, a receiving member extending from a first side of the flange and defining a bore sized for receiving a conduit, an indexing indicator extending radially outward from the receiving member for providing a tactile indication of an orientation of the conduit hub, and an alignment member extending from a second side of the flange and having an outer diameter sized f...