ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,052, issued on April 21, was assigned to Re-U-Zip LLC (Marina del Rey, Calif.).
"Segmented closure system" was invented by Navaratan Kanna Sunkara (Marina del Rey, Calif.) and Sivaketan Ramu Sunkara (Marina del Rey, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A segmented closure system for providing a closure strip of variable length capable of allowing the efficient opening and closing of an object to form a barrier such as a temporary door. The segmented closure system generally includes a pair of closure members each including a magnet for removably securing the closure members together. Each closure member includes a fastener for secu...