ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,255, issued on June 16, was assigned to DECATHLON (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France).

"Set comprising a carrying article and an accessory designed to be stored in a pocket of said article" was invented by Lucie Boddaert (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France) and Nicolas Lenglet (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set including a carrying article presenting a carrying pocket having an access opening, an accessory intended to be stored in said pocket presenting a free part disposed in the access opening, the access opening being equipped with a duct in which is disposed an elastic cord for retraction of the opening onto the free ...