ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,501, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Knix Wear Inc. (Toronto).

"Customizable shapewear methods" was invented by Joanna Griffiths (Toronto), Julie Power (Toronto) and Linda Kritikos (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of customizing a customizable shapewear comprise cutting along one or more selected distinct applications of a plurality of distinct applications on a body of the customizable shapewear. Methods comprise providing a customizable shapewear and instructing the wearer to cut along one or more a plurality of distinct applications on the body of the customizable shapewear."

The patent was filed on Aug. 7, 2024, ...