ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,795, issued on March 25, was assigned to RIRI S.A. (Mendrisio, Switzerland).
"Magnetic button" was invented by Simone Brezzi (Padua, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic button having a first button member incorporating a magnet and a second button member incorporating a body made of ferromagnetic material. The first button member and the second button member are magnetically couplable and uncouplable by moving towards and away from each other, respectively, in a coupling direction. The permanent magnet is annular, and a central body made of ferromagnetic material is arranged in a cavity of the permanent annular magnet."...