ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,632, issued on July 28, was assigned to Brooke Erin DeSantis (Montreal).

"Electrical heatable liner with concealed actuable control switch" was invented by Alain Desmeules (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically heatable article of apparel, in the form of a vest is equipped with a discrete and concealed control module which is provided with a finger actuating switch positioned for easy access by the fingers of a wearer person. The actuating switch transmits communication signals in the form of time retention presses on the finger actuation switch button to cause the programmed control circuit of the module to perform...