ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,112, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Nite Ize Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).
"Small objects optimized carabiner" was invented by Gregory M. Adelman (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to a carabiner that includes a carabiner body forming an opening having a width, the carabiner body including a gate rest notch, a gate rest and a long side, with the opening opposite the long side. The carabiner further includes a pivotable gate coupled to the carabiner body at a pivotable point and adapted to contact the gate rest notch when in a closed position. The opening includes a first side and a second side, the f...