ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,107, issued on Nov. 11.
"Wearable article and system for securing article to the body" was invented by Michael J. Syphrit (Pompano Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing a drawstring for an article of clothing or accessory having a front and a back and having a peripheral surface necessary to be tightened, the system including a semi-rigid weave layer having a braided strands of a fibrous material defining a pattern in the article having openings which repeat at a number in a range of about 3 to about 8 per linear inch in all directions, and in which the openings of the layer define a range of between about...