ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,861, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FIVETECH TECHNOLOGY INC. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Fastener structure" was invented by Ting-Jui Wang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener structure includes a fastening element and a body portion. The fastening element includes an operation portion and a fastening portion. The body portion is coupled to the fastening element by a coupling portion. The body portion is fastened to a first object and is fastened to or unfastened from a second object by the fastening element to couple together and separate the first and second objects repeatedly and rapidly."

The patent was fil...