ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,066, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Easy Solar Products Inc. (Sandy, Utah).

"Locking apparatus with roller for wire management" was invented by Brady Schimpf (Eagle Point, Ore.), Brady Hoddinott (New Hartford, Conn.), Benjamin Wade (Holladay, Utah) and Alexander Bornemann (Duxbury, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking apparatus for wire management includes a housing, a fixing member, a locking mechanism within the housing configured to resist movement of the fixing member in a first direction and to allow movement of the fixing member in a second direction opposite the first direction where the locking mechanism includes ...