ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,767, issued on July 21.

"Position locator" was invented by Li Zhijian (Fujian, China) and Xuan Chao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional position locator with a body, a hardware piece attached to the body, a base case removably attached to the hardware with at least one power contact and an NFC sensor, a position locator removably attached to the base case and having at least one position locator power contact, the position locator has at least one light-transmitting through-hole provided with a light source inside of the position locator and light from the light source is projected outward through at least one o...