ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,668, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Peter A Feinstein Patents LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Band employing bistable compliant scissor linkages and hands-free actuation mechanism" was invented by Peter A. Feinstein (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Ivyann Oveson Running (Orem, Utah), Isaac Weaver (Provo, Utah), Nathan Usevitch (Vineyard, Utah) and Brian Jensen (Orem, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A band includes a pair of members moveable between an open position adapted to receive an article in a channel and a closed position adapted to retain the article within the channel. Each of the members includes a plurality of pivotall...