ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,926, issued on July 29, was assigned to PRECIFLEX SA (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Miniature user-powered lighting device, system and method of using same" was invented by Allen Peters (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Xavier Clement (Fournets Luisans, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A miniature, self-powered, user-powered lighting device, employing mechanical energy storage and incorporating miniature lighting elements which are illuminated on-demand for a limited duration for backlighting or illumination purposes without the need for a battery or other electro-chemical storage device. The device comprising a manual spring loading mec...