ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,503, issued on Aug. 26.
"Method of manufacturing a three-fold tie with body folded twice by gatefold" was invented by Jong Pyo Hong (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-fold tie with a body folded twice by a gatefold, includes: a body of fabric where body part fabric is folded once by a gatefold and folded once more by a gatefold so that both ends overlap; a blade portion of fabric where sword-shaped blade part fabric is folded once by a gatefold so that both ends overlap and fabric part of the overlapped upper end is folded inward once more; and a tail portion of fabric where sword-shaped tail part fabric is fo...