US Patent Issued to Grundens USA on July 7 for "Wader and bib garment system" (Vermont, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,684, issued on July 7, was assigned to Grundens USA Ltd. (Pouslbo, Wash.).

"Wader and bib garment system" was invented by James Robert Kershaw Jr. (Sunderland, Vt.) and Kristen Elaine Chandler (Kingston, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water-resistant lower torso and leg garment system such as a wader or bib that includes a suspension system, a set of leg regions, and a torso region. The torso region is disposed over a portion of the torso of the user such that the front, two sides, and back of the torso region correspond to the ventral, lateral, and dorsal sides of a user respectively. The torso region further includes a novel...