ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. RE51,087, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Virtual reality garment capable of jamming user movement" was invented by Sean Jason Keller (Bellevue, Wash.), Tristan Thomas Trutna (Portland, Wash.), Garett Andrew Ochs (Seattle), Selso Luanava (Woodinville, Wash.) and Nicholas Roy Corson (Woodinville, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual reality system including a garment worn by a user, such as a glove, includes a jamming that jams movement of a portion of the user's body by increasing a rigidity of certain portions of the garment or by preventing a certain portion of the garmen...