ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,671, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CTB HOLDINGS LLC (Portola Valley, Calif.).
"Money clip" was invented by Thuan Tran (San Jose, Calif.), Charlie Carroll (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Binh Tran (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure includes a money clip comprising a chassis defining a first side and a second side located opposite the first side, a first coupling element coupled to the chassis, and a second coupling element coupled to the chassis. In some embodiments, the first coupling element is configured to retain a personal effect between the first coupling element and the first side of the chassis, and ...