ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,695, issued on July 29, was assigned to Peter A Feinstein Patents LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Band employing bistable magnetic actuator" was invented by Peter A. Feinstein (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Ivyann Oveson Running (Orem, Utah), Andrew Geyser (Fort Collins, Colo.), Brian Jensen (Orem, Utah), Nathan Usevitch (Vineyard, Utah) and Carter Stentzel (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A band includes at least three members pivotably connected to one another so as to be pivotable between open and closed positions. A first member includes first and second permanent magnets disposed at opposite ends thereof, a second membe...