US Patent Issued to Groove Life on June 16 for "Stretchable belt" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,257, issued on June 16, was assigned to Groove Life Corp. (Spring Hill, Tenn.).

"Stretchable belt" was invented by Peter Goodwin (Spring Hill, Tenn.), Salmon Nortje (Spring Hill, Tenn.), Graham Harrison (Spring Hill, Tenn.) and Cody Hutchins (Spring Hill, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt may include a buckle and a strap securable in a loop by the buckle. The strap may include a first outer layer and a second outer layer, a mounting plate secured between the first outer layer and the second outer layer, and a translating buckle mount coupled to the mounting plate. The translating buckle mount may be configured to releasably...