US Patent Issued to The North Face Apparel on July 21 for "Composite material with elongate openings" (Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,194, issued on July 21, was assigned to The North Face Apparel Corp. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Composite material with elongate openings" was invented by Bonny Violet Allison (Wilmington, Del.), Cory Michael Olson (Wilmington, Del.) and Jeffrey Allen Dorton (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite material comprises a first textile layer and a slit layer coupled to the first textile layer. The slit layer comprises a plurality of elongate slits configured to transition from a first state to a second state when actuated. The first state provides a first air permeability of less than about 10 cubic feet per minute (CFM) a...