ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,767, issued on April 1, was assigned to RBCN Holding LLC (Keller, Texas).
"Laces with tying mechanisms and related methods" was invented by Richard Barton (Champaign, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tying system or mechanism with at least one lace and a fastener element can be used with a boxing glove or a shoe to allow a user to secure the at least one lace around the boxing glove or shoe without a second person and/or without tying a knot. The tying mechanism can include a back-to-back hook and loop of a fastener element and can include or more locking mechanisms to anchor free ends of the one or more laces at the eyelets of ...