ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,315, issued on July 22, was assigned to Wonderland Swizterland AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

"Buckle assembly" was invented by Manqun Cheng (Guangdong, China) and Zheng-Wen Guo (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buckle assembly can include a first buckle, a second buckle, and an operating component. The first buckle component can include a locked portion. The second buckle component can be configured to be engaged with the first buckle component, and the second buckle component can include a locking portion engageable with the locked portion. The operating component can be partially embedded in the second buckle comp...