US Patent Issued to OUT WEST-LIVIN' WILD on May 26 for "Outdoor base layer including integrated knee protection" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,738, issued on May 26, was assigned to OUT WEST-LIVIN' WILD LLC (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Outdoor base layer including integrated knee protection" was invented by T. Richard Ziehmer (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base layer such as an undershirt or long underwear, for outdoor activities is described. The base layer includes an integrated joint protector. The protector includes foam padding realized as a collection of individual, mutually separated pads having a polygonal perimeter. The thickness of the pads decreases from a centerline of the protector to its medial and lateral edges. The medial and lateral edges have tria...