US Patent Issued to Knix Wear on April 14 for "Moisture lock fluid retention assemblies, garments including the same, and related methods" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,181, issued on April 14, was assigned to Knix Wear Inc. (Toronto).

"Moisture lock fluid retention assemblies, garments including the same, and related methods" was invented by Joanna Griffiths (Toronto), Julie Power (Toronto), Linda Kritikos (Toronto) and Aditi Shankar (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Garments may include a fluid retention assembly coupled to the garment base interior side and having an outer perimeter. The fluid retention assembly includes an absorbent layer configured to absorb fluid excreted from the wearer when the garment is worn, and a moisture-impermeable layer that underlies the absorbent layer and se...