ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,249, issued on March 3, was assigned to FYX BV (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium).
"Composite fastener" was invented by Ivan Peeters (Beveren, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved means of joining two different kinds of anchoring elements, at least one of which is flexible, each equipped with anchoring means in such a way that when the two surfaces are positioned against each other, they grip and clamp together."
The patent was filed on Oct. 29, 2024, under Application No. 18/929,786.
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