ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,612, issued on July 14.

"Sealable gift wrapping device" was invented by Chuckwudi Ulogo (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealable gift wrapping device includes a panel that has a pair of curves each formed into the panel to define a spine portion and a top portion and a bottom portion of the panel. A plurality of first couplers is attached to the top portion of the panel and a plurality of second couplers is attached to the bottom portion of the panel. Each of the second couplers is matable to a respective one of the plurality of first couplers to enclose a gift in the panel in the convention of gift wrapping. A plurality of...