US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on March 24 for "Protective apparel and support apparatus and method of use" (Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,180, issued on March 24, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Protective apparel and support apparatus and method of use" was invented by Francis A Czajka (Libertyville, Ill.), Troy Lother (Kenosha, Wis.), John H. Kutsch (Harvard, Ill.) and Vince Lackowski (Racine, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective apparel support system is disclosed comprising a support frame configured to rest on the shoulders of a wearer, the support having a first shoulder member, a second shoulder member and a shield engagement portion. A shield is selectively coupleable to the support and protective apparel is coupled to th...