ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,102, issued on June 23.
"Reinforced recyclable flexible hose" was invented by Luca Battaglia (Bassano del Grappa, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforced flexible hose for transporting fluids includes a first load-bearing layer made of a first polymeric material, a second covering layer arranged externally to the first load-bearing layer made of a second polymeric material, and a reinforcement layer interposed between the first and the second layers made of a third polymeric material. The first and the second polymeric materials are thermoplastic elastomers, the third polymeric material being a thermoplastic polymeric mater...