ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,914, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to KORE Essentials Inc. (Santee, Calif.).
"Watch with ratcheting strap" was invented by Karl Kozak (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watchstrap is provided with a novel ratcheting buckle and strap, whereby the user may incrementally adjust fitment of a corresponding watch via a ratcheting mechanism embodied between the ratcheting buckle and strap. The strap includes a first strap portion and a second strap portion. The first strap portion has a linear rack and a plurality of teeth embedded in the linear rack. The second strap portion is coupled to a buckle wherein the buckle is configure...