ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,697, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Taiwan Racing Products Co. Ltd. (Dacun Township, Taiwan).
"Multi-point buckle" was invented by Wen-Yuan Wu (Dacun Township, Changhua County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-point buckle has a buckle, at least two latches and a plurality of dust jackets. The dust jacket is employed between the latch and the tongue slot of the buckle to achieve a close fit and seal effects, which not only increases the structural engagement stability between the tongue slot and the tongue but also prevent sand, dust and dirt from falling into the tongue slot not causing the latch from shaking loose ...