ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,708, issued on Jan. 28.
"Zip with pivoting coupling elements" was invented by Giacomo Macri' (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention describes a zip comprising a pair of webbings (29; 38), each of which has in its side edges sequences of coupling elements or teeth (5; 12) facing with respect to their sector of joining with the webbing, each of these coupling elements (5; 12), being able to pivot around its central vertical axis thanks to a support placed between the coupling element (5; 12) and the webbing (29; 38), wherein the coupling element (5; 12) engages with the support and the latter with the webbin...