ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,527, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Joerg Heinz GmbH & Co. KG (Neulingen, Germany).
"Jewelry piece" was invented by Martin Heinz (Neulingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An item of jewelry has a main body with a first and second end, which, in the closed state, is located opposite the first end. The main body defines a through-opening and the two ends of the main body can be moved away from one another to form a through-opening. The main body has a channel, in which at least one resiliently elastic element is movably arranged. The first end of at least one connecting element is fastened directly or indirectly on the fir...