US Patent Issued on July 15 for "Features for outdoor and storm-protection clothing" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,038, issued on July 15.

"Features for outdoor and storm-protection clothing" was invented by Galen L. S. Armstrong (Nelson, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment hood has flip-up brim that shields and re-directs rain and moisture. The brim is above and distanced from the hood face opening and serves as an eave to redirect the water. Water flows behind the raised brim to a gutter at the connection of the brim to the hood, and then flows to the right and left away from the face opening. Water flows forward and off the front edge of the lowered brim, and also off the right and left eave ends that are farther to the right and l...