ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,213, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Shenzhen Lute Jiacheng Supply Chain Management Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Brassiere" was invented by Na Jiang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a brassiere comprising: a brassiere body comprising a breast-covering portion configured to cover a wearer's breasts when worn and a torso-covering portion configured to cover the wearer's torso surrounding the breasts when worn, the brassiere body having a first edge adjacent the wearer's underarm when worn and a second edge adjacent the wearer's neckline when worn; a support structure connected to the br...