ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,247, issued on June 17, was assigned to Stylez LLC (Millsboro, Del.).
"Accessory to personalize and stylize apparel" was invented by Vanessa Dupre (Trainor, Pa.), Jeannine Duda (Linwood, Pa.) and Candice M. Racite (Pennsville, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular connector for mounting on a string. The connector includes an integral inner string attachment configured to grasp substantially permanently the string. An integral intermediate sleeve is made of a magnetic material, has a head and an inner face with a lip located in the inner face proximate the head, and is configured to enclose and hold the string attachment with ...