ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,031, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Peter A Feinstein Patents LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Band employing bistable compliant scissor linkages" was invented by Peter A Feinstein (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Ivyann Oveson Running (Orem, Utah), Isaac Weaver (Provo, Utah), Nathan Usevitch (Vineyard, Utah), Brian Jensen (Orem, Utah) and Heather Leany (Norton Shores, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of bistable compliant links are pivotally attached to one another, each of the links having a compliant section and first and second rigid sections extending from the compliant section. The links are pivotally attached to...