ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,519, issued on July 21.

"Crimping device for safely disposing a continuous liner bag containing toxic material" was invented by Shreepad Hegde (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implemented is a crimping device for safely disposing a continuous liner bag containing toxic material. The crimping device includes a female lobe, a male lobe, and two sleeves in which one is connectable with a semi-circular opening of the male lobe and the other is connectable with a semi-circular opening of the female lobe. The crimping device further includes cap movably connected with the male lobe and the female lobe. Furthermore, each of ...