ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,236, issued on March 17, was assigned to NESTED BEAN INC. (Hudson, Mass.).
"Wearable weighted apparatus" was invented by Manasi Gangan (Hudson, Mass.), Susan Sofia-Mcintire (Ganesvoort, N.Y.) and Apeksha Katta (Lowell, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable weighted apparatus is capable of providing gentle, targeted pressure to an infant that can simulate the effect of being held by a caregiver. The wearable weighted apparatus comprises a textile base, and includes one or more wraps with a weighted region. The textile base may take the form of a conventional infant garment, or may take other forms such as a band or harness....