ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,896, issued on Aug. 26.
"Compression garment that is easy to slip on/off" was invented by Herve Scelles (Saint Just Saint Rambert, France), Bruno Mourier (Aboen, France), Guillaume Labbe (La Talaudiere, France) and Pascal Motet (Saint Etienne, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression garment that is easy to slip on/off comprising a compression knitted piece comprising at least one stitch ground yarn and at least one elastic yarn, in particular inlaid yarn, and at least one hairy yarn knitted into the knitted piece so that the knitted piece has, according to all or part of its inner face and of its outer face, hairs project...