ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,064, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Methods and apparatus to secure communication devices to wristbands" was invented by Mark M. Greer (Dardenne Prairie, Mo.) and Michael S. Thieme (Lake St. Louis, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example disclosed sheet includes a first layer; a second layer; a first die cut in the second layer defining a first wristband section and a second wristband section separated by a fold line; a second die cut in the first layer defining an imaging area; and a third die cut in the second layer defining an aperture in the second wristband section; wher...