US Patent Issued to SHEERTEX on Sept. 8 for "Clothing articles having ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,463, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SHEERTEX INC. (Anjou, Canada).

"Clothing articles having ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene" was invented by Anel Pinon (Montreal) and David Reagan (Fort Payne, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clothing article is disclosed herein, comprising: at least one base knit region, each base knit region being formed of a base knit comprising an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber and at least one base stretch fiber being knit together in a plated configuration to form a jersey knit; and at least one reinforcing knit region, each reinforcing knit region being formed of a r...