ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,256, issued on June 16, was assigned to KJUS North America Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).
"Barrier layer for garment" was invented by Amanda Frank (Erie, Colo.), Mary Stewart Waggoner (Longmont, Colo.), Tucker Sutter (Broomfield, Colo.), Adam Mueller (Denver), Shogo Fujiwara (Westminster, Colo.) and Colin Beard (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment comprising a plurality of flaps configured to form a storage region within an interior portion of the garment. The plurality of flaps may comprise an upper flap and a lower flap that are separable to open the storage region. The storage region may be configured to receive and/or hold a ...