ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,163, issued on Nov. 11.
"Hanging numbered clothing wear counting dividers" was invented by Joshua Francis Bautz (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device that keeps count of the number of times hanging articles of clothing have been worn and the method of using the device. The device includes a set of sequentially numbered hanging dividers that keeps count of the number of times hanging articles of clothing have been worn. The device is to be used by selectively placing hanging articles of clothing in positions partitioned by the hanging numbered clothing wear counting dividers that indicate the number of times the respective...