ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,519, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SHENZHEN ETIE TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Pawl disc, lace tightening and loosening device, wearable clothing, and storage device" was invented by Feng Xiang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lace tightening and loosening device, wearable clothing, and a storage device are provided. The lace tightening and loosening device includes a base, a spool, a pawl disc, a dial and a connecting structure. When the dial is rotated in a first direction, the driving member drives the pawl disc to rotate in the first direction and drive the connecting structure to rotate, thereby driv...