US Patent Issued to TARGET BRANDS on Aug. 4 for "Long torso garment adapted for wear by wheelchair occupant" (Minnesota, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,941, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TARGET BRANDS INC. (Minneapolis).

"Long torso garment adapted for wear by wheelchair occupant" was invented by Marilyn Anderson (Denver, Minn.), Erin Nicole Dineen (Minneapolis) and Alycia R. Anderson (Roseville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment is described for covering a torso and a portion of a lower body of a user when the user wears the garment body. The garment includes a front panel and a rear panel coupled to the front panel forming a cavity therebetween to receive the torso and the portion of the lower body. The rear panel defines an exterior surface facing away from the f...