ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,706, issued on July 7, was assigned to The Ridge Wallet LLC.

"Keycase" was invented by Daniel Kane (Agoura Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A keycase includes a longitudinal top plate, a longitudinal bottom plate, a flexible connector connecting the longitudinal top plate and the longitudinal bottom plate, a key post coupled to the longitudinal bottom plate and extending from the longitudinal bottom plate toward the longitudinal top plate. The key post is configured to hold one or more keys. The key case further includes a fastener configured to detachably connect the key post and the longitudinal top plate and secure the ...