ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,252, issued on June 17, was assigned to ZL Holdings LLC (St. George, Utah).

"Article of jewelry with magnetic clasp assembly" was invented by Paul Jensen (St. George, Utah) and Riley White (Hurricane, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic clasp assembly includes a first member and a second member each couplable to an end of a bracelet. The first member may be readily secured or removed from the bracelet by actuating a lever. The second member may be coupled to the first member via a second protrusion on the second member being inserted into a first receiving slot of the first member, and a first protrusion couplable to a sec...