US Patent Issued to The North Face Apparel on Sept. 1 for "Baby pacifier pocket" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,388, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to The North Face Apparel Corp. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Baby pacifier pocket" was invented by Darcy Bairen (Denver), Ellen Trubey (Denver) and Rebecca Dailey (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child's garment may comprise an outer shell. The outer shell may comprise a yoke seam. The outer shell may comprise an aperture at the yoke seam. An area within the aperture may define a pocket configured to accept a pacifier. The outer shell may comprise a tether configured to affix the pacifier to the child's garment. The tether may be configured to affix the pacifier to the child's garment while the pa...