ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,859, issued on Feb. 24.
"Fashionable high-visibility safety apparel" was invented by Jeffrey Garre Barkshire (Puyallup, Wash.) and Thomas John Erdmann (Bonney Lake, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety garment includes a fluorescent material that forms at least a torso of the safety garment; a first design on the fluorescent material; a first reflective material band that at least partially overlays the first design, the first reflective material band encircles the torso; a second reflective material band that extends from the first reflective material band on a front of the safety garment to the first reflective material ba...