ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,665, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Se-Kure Controls Inc. (Franklin Park, Ill.).
"Tethering system for portable article" was invented by Patrick C. Panico (Berwyn, Ill.), David M. Adams (Stone Park, Ill.), Michael E. Pawelek (Elmhurst, Ill.) and John W. Manser (Elgin, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The combination of: a portable article; and a tethering system having an elongate flexible component, a main body having a first slot, and a housing. A part of the elongate component is fixed to the main body. A length of the elongate component extending away from the fixed part can be formed into a "U" shape with spaced legs, with ...