ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,183, issued on April 14, was assigned to VEIL INTIMATES LLC (Denver).

"Formed brassiere and associated method of manufacture" was invented by Nancy Trangmar (Denver) and Meghan Marsden (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brassiere and associated method of manufacture is presented. A graticulate support member is producible by additive printing. The graticulate support member may be positioned between each of a first cup cover and a second cup cover of the brassiere. The graticulate support member may include a thickness gradient devised to maintain rigidity of the formed cup from a maximum thickness medially centered at a first...