ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,945, issued on Aug. 4.
"Shirt or prayer shawl with removable fringes" was invented by Israel Meir Fadida (Ashdod, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A four-cornered garment has detachable fringes. The garment includes a piece of clothing with a central cut out for a head and four corners and each corner of the piece of clothing has a slit therein. Each slit includes a first side, a second side, a mitred vertex; and a closure formed of an overlap between the first side and the second side. The closure meets at the mitred vertex. When the closure is closed, the overlap holds one of the detachable fringes in place."
The patent was fi...