ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,279, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Robust push-push connector" was invented by Geoffrey C. Jawidzik (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Marc Nestor (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to movable coupling mechanisms, and more particularly, to push-push devices for adjustably coupling a first object to a second object. In some embodiments, the push-push device includes a shuttle block configured to be coupled to the first object, a track block configured to be coupled to the second object, and an arm rotatably coupled to the shuttle block at a di...