ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,442, issued on June 17.
"Methods for stitching latex and similar compounds" was invented by Jessica M. Walsh (Glendale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods and techniques for sewing natural rubber latex and similar materials, and forming garments and articles from same, via novel stitching methods that interpose natural rubber latex between two translucent substrates that entirely cover the surface of the natural rubber latex and enable new ways to manipulate natural rubber latex and similar materials without the use of adhesive."
The patent was filed on June 9, 2022, under Application No. 17/836,497....