US Patent Issued to MEDELA on July 28 for "Nursing band" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,628, issued on July 28, was assigned to MEDELA AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Nursing band" was invented by Anita Treiber (Kilchberg, Switzerland), Letizia Miotto (Zurich, Switzerland) and Sandra Ruckewold (Madetswil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nursing band providing better comfort for the user and comprising a lower cuff adapted to encircle the chest of a breast feeding mother below the bust and an upper cuff adapted to encircle the chest of the breast feeding mother above the bust and an intermediate section extending between the lower cuff and the upper cuff, wherein the lower cuff, the upper cuff and the intermediate ...