ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,394, issued on Sept. 1.

"Single-cut shirt with single-seam construction and associated methods" was invented by Nur Abbas (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a shirt from a continuous tubular fabric is disclosed. The method includes cutting the tubular fabric along an outlined pattern to form a single textile panel that integrates all shirt portions into a continuous piece without separate fabric sections. The textile panel is folded along a shoulder fold to align the front and back portions, creating the upper structure of the shirt. A single continuous seam is formed, extending from one sleeve t...