ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,465, issued on May 13, was assigned to The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd (Marin, Switzerland).
"Bracelet clasp" was invented by Paulo Bravo (Marin-Epagnier, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracelet clasp (1) including a strip (2), a first end (20) whereof is hinged to a first end (30) of a first bracelet strand (3), and the second end (21) of the strip (2) is free, said strip (2) having a cut-out (5) forming at least a rigid portion (22) and two opposing deformable portions (23, 24), each including a hook (6, 6') arranged to engage with a hole (40) in a second bracelet strand (4) and to lock the clasp on said...