ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,300, issued on April 15, was assigned to PIOLAX INC. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Fastener" was invented by Hikaru Kiyota (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener for attaching a component having a rail groove to an attachment member includes: a coupling portion that is configured to be coupled to the component; and a fixing portion that supports the coupling portion and that is configured to be fixed to the attachment member. The coupling portion includes an insertion portion to be inserted into the rail groove, and an elastic piece located at a position shifted from the insertion portion in an insertion direction. The elast...