ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,936, issued on May 19, was assigned to Shaun Jackson Design Inc. (Saline, Mich.).

"Transparent carrying apparatus" was invented by Mark Zadvinskis (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transparent carrying apparatus comprises a body including one or more first portions comprising a first layer; and one or more second portions comprising a second layer. The first layer and the second layer may be visually transparent; and the second layer may be a reinforcing layer. The first layer and the second layer may include a first transparency and a second transparency, respectively; and the degree of transparency of the first layer i...