ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,779, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HOMEWAY TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Waist protection belt" was invented by Chin-Hsing Hsieh (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The waist protection belt includes a main belt unit and a tightening belt unit. The main belt unit includes a material that releases far infrared radiation and negative ions, and graphene, and that is adapted to be worn around the waist of a user. The tightening belt unit includes a tightening belt member that is elastically stretchable and that includes a middle belt part positioned on the main belt unit, and two side belt parts extending respectiv...