ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,796, issued on April 1.
"Clothing closure and method of converting pearl into clothing closure" was invented by Grace Ferris (Riverside, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a decorative functional closure device that is sewn into and applied to clothing. In one embodiment, a method of converting cultured pearls from a strand or necklace to the functional closure device is described. The method includes removing a pearl from a strand, drawing a thread through the pearl using a threader from a first side of the pearl, using a wire protector to create a horseshoe or loop shape at the other side of the ...