ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,357, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Alpine Innovations LLC (Lehi, Utah).

"Adjustable eyewear restraints, systems, and methods" was invented by Darren Jones (American Fork, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable eyewear restraint comprises a first strap having a first adjustment end and a first eyewear coupling end, and a second strap having a second adjustment end and a second eyewear coupling end. The straps are slidably and frictionally engageable to one another to allow adjustment of a length of the restraint by moving adjustment ends of the straps relative to each other. The straps can be slidably interwoven to ea...