ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,599, issued on June 24.

"Clothing string clip that attaches to clothing strings" was invented by Drew Ian Filus (Studio City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a clothing string clip that attaches to clothing strings. A user pivots the rotatable hub, opening the front plate with respect to the back plate. The open position exposes a portion of the interior region including the contoured clothing string recessed channels. The user inserts a clothing string across the contoured clothing string recessed channels and into the clothing string channel. The user releases the top plate. The spring pivots ...