ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,710, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Flexible cooling garment system" was invented by Baron C. Brandt (Portland, Ore.) and Kevin C. Sze (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects herein are directed to a cooling garment. The cooling garment can include a vest configured to be worn by a wearer. One or more pockets on the vest may be configured to receive one or more icepacks. The one or more pockets may include a stretch material on a front portion of the one or more pockets. The one or more pockets can further include a non-stretch material on a back portion of the one or more pockets."
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