ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,666, issued on July 29.
"Hair and edge maintenance cap" was invented by Jennipher Adkins (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head covering garment includes two exterior components and a stretchable band. The garment is formed by folding a rectangular stretchable material in half and sewing side edges, except for a small portion which is left unattached, to create a stretchable band. Next, at least two exterior components are then sewn to the top and bottom edge portions of the stretchable material. The exterior components and the stretchable material are pulled through the opening left at the unattached portion in the stretchab...