ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,204, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Flexible Jewelry LLC (Lehi, Utah).

"Composite wearables and related methods" was invented by Brock Zobell (Mapleton, Utah), Aaron Dalley (American Fork, Utah) and Brighton Jones (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite wearable includes a first toroid, substantially formed of a first material and having a recess, and a second toroid substantially formed of a second material. The recess is sized and shaped to at least partially receive the second toroid in a manually-removable friction fit such that the second toroid may be manually interchanged with another second toroid, or t...