ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,455, issued on June 17, was assigned to Ginsey Industries Inc. (Swedesboro, N.J.).

"Systems and methods for preventing laundry tangles" was invented by Cynthia Moltz Bray (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for attaching large articles of bedding such as bed sheets, blankets, duvet covers, comforters, and quilts, as well as other machine-washable large items such as sleeping bags, tablecloths, shower curtains, and shower curtain liners, in order to prevent or greatly reduce said articles from twisting, tangling, balling and/or wadding either independently or with each other in either or both the automatic washi...