ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. D1,145,557, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to YKK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Fastener for packaging" was invented by Makoto Takekawa (Macon, Ga.) and Coltan Swanson (Macon, Ga.).

The patent was filed on Aug. 25, 2025, under Application No. D/019,642.

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