US Patent Issued to Apple on June 30 for "Watchbands with hook and loop fasteners" (Japanese, American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,169, issued on June 30, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Watchbands with hook and loop fasteners" was invented by Donald L. Olmstead (Aptos, Calif.), Ayumi Kusano (Tokyo), Clement C. Tissandier (San Francisco), Eiryo Shiraishi (Tokyo), Mengxi Zhao (Shanghai), Molly J. Anderson (San Francisco), Osamu Yabe (Mountain View, Calif.), Seul Bi Kim (San Mateo, Calif.), Tirshathah A Hunter (San Leandro, Calif.) and Yoji Hamada (Wakayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watchband can comfortably secure an electronic device to a wrist of a user. The watchband can include a base having a contact surface opposite an engagem...