ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,168, issued on Dec. 30.

"Arm sleeve that provides assistance during an arm motion" was invented by Jason Colleran (Roswell, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations of an arm sleeve that provides external assistance to an arm and shoulder of a user during an arm motion are provided. In one implementation, the arm sleeve comprises a framework that includes a torso portion configured to be attached to the torso of the user and an arm portion configured to receive at least a portion of the arm of the user. The framework of the arm sleeve is a unitary construction of interconnected elastic members. The interconnected elastic me...