ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,249, issued on June 17, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Strap and wearable electronic device including the same" was invented by Jinwook Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Juan Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Insik Chung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable electronic device, and strap for the same are disclosed. The wearable electronic device includes: a housing, including a first connection pin detachably inserted in a first direction and a second connection pin detachably inserted in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first strap detachably aff...