ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,998, issued on May 20, was assigned to YKK Corp. (Japan).
"Tape attachment" was invented by Ryoichiro Takazakura (Kurobe, Japan) and Kenichi Yoshie (Kurobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This tape attachment has: one or more crossbar parts that extend along a first direction; a pair of side support parts that support the crossbar parts; and a whistle part provided with a blowing hole and a discharge hole, the whistle part having a hollow section in which the pressure of air guided from the blowing hole is increased, the hollow section being positioned on the downstream side in the air passage direction in relation to the disch...