ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,578, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Wingbinder Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Magnetic connector" was invented by Alexander Malcom Shaw Stewart (Oxford, Great Britain), Andrew James Last (Oxford, Great Britain) and Duncan Crosse (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic connector comprising a male part and a female part, in which said male part comprises a first side and a second side extending from said first side at an oblique angle thereto, in which said male part comprises a first metal portion comprising a first metal surface on said second side, in which said second side comprises a protrusion proud o...