ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,158, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Envelope system for slack cable storage box" was invented by Michael Langman (East Syracuse, N.Y.), Ravindra K. Vora (Freehold, N.J.), Peter Carapella (Fayetteville, N.Y.) and Gerald Joseph Meier (Olathe, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable storage system that may include a mounting portion that is configured to extend from a wall portion of a cable storage enclosure, and an envelope portion. The envelope portion may be configured to contain a coil of cable. The envelope portion may include an envelope opening portion that may be located on an ed...