ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,070, issued on March 25, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Cable/tube sleeve and snorkel" was invented by Matthew White (Henniker, N.H.) and Zachary Kops (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snorkel for guiding cables and tubes of the present teachings can include a base having an entrance and a conduit interface. The entrance can be configured to guide cabling into the conduit interface. The snorkel can include a conduit operably coupled with the base. The conduit can include a cap interface, and the conduit can receive the cabling through the conduit interface. The conduit can be configured to lower...