ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,771, issued on July 8.

"Baby onesie having zipper locking mechanism" was invented by Crystal Murrell (Alexandria, Va.) and Tyler Murrell (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baby onesie to be worn by a baby includes body covering material configured to cover a body of the body, the body covering material including an opening through which the baby's head can protrude out from, a neckline provided around a perimeter of the opening, the neckline including a neckline fastener configured to be fastened and unfastened to thereby close and open the neckline, respectively, a zipper configured to open and close the body covering ...