ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,631, issued on Aug. 5.
"Fashionable high-visibility safety apparel" was invented by Jeffrey Garre Barkshire (Puyallup, Wash.) and Thomas John Erdmann (Bonney Lake, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention comprise a garment; a first design comprising fluorescent material placed on the garment, wherein the first design is externally visible when the garment is worn by a wearer; a second design comprising reflective material overlaid on the first design to create a resulting design, wherein the resulting design provides 360 degree external visibility of the wearer when the garment is worn by the wearer; and wher...