US Patent Issued to LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA on June 23 for "Garment with a support structure" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,866, issued on June 23, was assigned to LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Garment with a support structure" was invented by Connor Alexander Hammond (Vancouver, Canada), David Whitt Sagan (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Adrian Ka Ming Lai (Coquitlam, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of a garment with a support structure are disclosed. The garment includes a front portion, a back portion, and first and second side portions. The front portion covers a portion of a wearer's chest and includes a lower edge, an upper edge portion, and first and second sides. The back portion covers a portion of the wearer's back,...