US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on March 24 for "Strap adjuster with torque-limiting functionality" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,852, issued on March 24, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Strap adjuster with torque-limiting functionality" was invented by Michael T. Weiss (Hastings, Minn.) and Nathan C. Meyer (Lake City, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strap adjuster including an adjustment knob and a biased pin, the adjustment knob having a first interior annular collar that is configured to accept the head of the biased pin thereinto, the first interior annular collar comprising a first circumferentially-oriented notch defined on one circumferential end by a circumferential wall and defined on a second, opposing circumfe...