ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,797, issued on Feb. 3.
"Covering device providing visual and thermal masking characteristics" was invented by Sean Hokenstrom (West End, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is a covering device that acts as both a visual camouflage and as a thermal blocker to cover people and equipment (e.g., vehicles). Specifically, the covering device effectively reduces and/or prevents thermal, infrared, and visual detection of any subject (e.g., person or equipment) positioned under the device. The covering device includes a unique arrangement of apertures that has been surprisingly shown to reduce and diffuse both the heat and visua...