ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,642, issued on Oct. 21.
"Symmetric garment belt" was invented by Reuben Berman (Ashkelon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a belt device (200), comprising: a strap (11); a buckle (10) comprising a front panel (10a) and a back panel (10b); a fastener, for preventing from the strap to loosen; a first (21) and a second (22) entrances, for entry of opposite edges of the strap (11) into the buckle (10); an exit (23) for a trail (13) to an inner side of the belt device; a curved passage (20) connecting one of the entrances with the exit (23), thereby when wearing the belt device, concealing the tra...