ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,250, issued on June 16, was assigned to Paramount Corp..
"Coat with integral drag harness" was invented by Jack B. Hirschmann Jr. (North Dartmouth, Mass.) and Zachary Twight (Woodbury, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coat with an integrated drag harness. The harness is a single strip of material, such as a flat webbing or rope that extends through a slit in the center of the back of the coat torso below the neck opening. Inside the torso, the strip is a yoke that follows a path that runs from the slit, around one arm hole, across the slit, around the other arm hole, and ending at the slit. The yoke is secured to the torso by s...