ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,614, issued on March 17.
"Waistband with patterned gripping members" was invented by Ashley Merrill (Santa Monica, Calif.), Hilda Chang (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Erica Johnson (Los Angeles), Alisha Lipman (Encino, Calif.) and Kathryn Kirby (Venice, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New garment-fastening techniques are provided. In some embodiments, a new form of garment enhancement device is provided, including a waistband, wristband or other body-holding band including a plurality of alignment- and grip-enhancing sub-elements, located on or about an inward-facing side of the waistband, wristband or other body-holding band. In some ...