ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,637, issued on July 14, was assigned to EKO GROUP LTD (Jiangmen, China).
"Flexible strap-based bag-closure mechanism for trash can" was invented by Yizhi Chen (Jiangmen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible strap-based bag-closure mechanism for a trash can, including a bag-closure main body provided at an opening of the trash can. A middle of the bag-closure main body is provided with a trash inlet. The bag-closure main body is internally provided with a cavity. The cavity is configured as an annular structure surrounding the trash inlet. An inner side of the cavity is provided with an opening communicated with the trash i...