US Patent Issued to Cali Opi Athletica on Nov. 3 for "Athletic shirt with concealed retention band back gather" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,217, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Cali Opi Athletica LLC (Odessa, Fla.).

"Athletic shirt with concealed retention band back gather" was invented by Kayla Mulcahy (Odessa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upper-body garment includes a front panel, a back panel, and an internal retention structure that maintains rear hem coverage while preserving an untucked anterior appearance. A front drape terminates in a scalloped hem. A continuous anterior retention loop is formed integrally from the back panel by cutlines that isolate an elongated strip whose ends remain attached within left and right side regions; the strip is turned f...