ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,160, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Upper torso garment with varied tuck binder knit structure" was invented by Paul R. Montgomery (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upper-torso garment includes a first knit zone and a second knit zone. The first knit zone includes a knit structure with a single course of tuck binder stitches and having a first amount of flexural rigidity, and the second knit zone includes a knit structure with a plurality of tuck binder courses and having a second amount of flexural rigidity, which is different than the first amount of flexural rigidity."
The patent ...