ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,381, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Halo Dream Inc. (New York).

"Infant sleep garment with compression zone" was invented by Jessica Macari (New York), Bridget McGrath (New York), Winny Zhang (New York) and Rachel Lindsey (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infant sleep garment configured to be worn by an infant and that is configured to apply compression to anterior regions of the infant, such as the chest and/or a portion of the abdomen, and corresponding posterior regions of the infant. The infant sleep garment includes arm pockets/compartments that allow the infant partial freedom of arm movement including to hands-ra...