US Patent Issued to Brooke Desantis on Oct. 27 for "Presence detection system for heated wearables" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,560, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Brooke Desantis (Montreal).

"Presence detection system for heated wearables" was invented by Alain Desmeules (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A presence detection system for electrically heated wearables to safeguard against accidental battery drainage and the risk of heating elements of the wearables being accidently connected to power. The presence detection system is comprised of a capacitive touch sensor secured to an automatic switch actuation circuit. The capacitive touch sensor has an electronic circuit connected to a portable rechargeable battery supply of an associated heated w...