US Patent Issued to Milliken & Co. on April 7 for "Knit spacer fabric" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,598, issued on April 7, was assigned to Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.).

"Knit spacer fabric" was invented by Gadalia Vainer (Melrose, Mass.) and William Michael Rose (East Hampstead, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knit spacer fabric contains an upper fabric layer with a plurality of upper yarns and forming the upper surface of the knit spacer fabric and a lower fabric layer with a plurality of lower yarns and forming the lower surface of the knit spacer fabric. The knit spacer fabric further contains a plurality of zipper connecting yarns and a plurality of linking connecting yarns. The upper fabric layer contains a plural...