ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,008, issued on July 7, was assigned to Trebco LLC (Orange, Conn.).
"Pacifier attachment clip and plush toy with pacifier attachment clip" was invented by Carla J. Schneider (Orange, Conn.) and Richard Rubin (Fairfield, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractable clip that includes a clip portion for releasably attaching a pacifier to the clip portion, and a plurality of flexible arms extending from the clip portion, with the flexible arms being configured to non-releasably attach to a toy, wherein each of the plurality of flexible arms is configured to retain the clip portion in a retracted position relative to the toy and is fu...