ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,427, issued on May 27, was assigned to Fastech Asia Worldwide Ltd. (Cheung Sha Wan, China).
"Closure apparatus" was invented by Matthew Fink (Weston, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment and associated closure including a male closure member including a first loop, an arm, and a bar; a female closure member including a second loop and a base portion including a top edge, a bottom edge, a blind hole into which the bar of the male closure member is insertable at the top edge and moveable along and configured for rotational pivoting of the bar in the blind hole, a recess configured to receive the arm of the male closure member...