ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,047, issued on July 15, was assigned to Mario Julen Holding AG (Zermatt, Switzerland).
"Textile layered construction" was invented by Josef Strohmeier (Hendschiken, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A textile layered construction has a textile outer layer, a textile inner layer and an absorbing component, whereby line-shaped connections between the outer layer and the inner layer are designed as a laser welded joint, forming chambers fillable with insulating material between the welded joints. At least one line-shaped welded joint connection includes an interruption separating the line-shaped welded joint connection into two...