ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,741, issued on May 26.
"Riding jeans" was invented by Whitney Lloyd (Delaware, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A riding garment, particularly riding jeans, having a heavier density outer portion including a waistband wherefrom an open torso portion is downwardly disposed and an inner support portion configured of a lower density fabric attached to the front side of the waistband with inset front pockets and an obscured cell phone pocket in a rear side having an open top aligned along a seam of a yoke member and disposed behind the periphery of a rear pocket in the outer layer and a gusset member."
The patent was filed on July 3, ...