ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,149, issued on Nov. 25.
"Atraumatic earring" was invented by Gretchen Homme (Anoka, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An earring mounting device for wearing an earring without passing the earring through skin of the ear of a user is provided. The earring mounting device includes an earring interface member and a mount. The earring interface member is operable to releasably couple to an earring, the earring interface member comprising a closed loop, and a mount. The mount includes a mount body, an adhesive, and a coupling member operable to releasable retain the closed loop of the earring interface member. The adhesive is positione...