ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,974, issued on June 10.
"Built-in carrier strap for a yoga/fitness mat" was invented by Sheena Patel (Andover, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fitness mat having an intrinsic strap with two ends, each end is connected to a junction of a first and second fastening strap, respectively, by way of an anchor point, thereby defining an H-shape. Opposing distal ends of each fastening strap have complementary first and second connectors facing in opposite direction relative to the other fastening strap so that when the fitness mat is rolled to a furled condition, each pair of the first and second fastening straps can wrap about the ro...