ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,388, issued on Oct. 28.
"Load bearing pocket insert" was invented by Wesley C. Dorsey Jr. (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load bearing apparatus has a substantially rigid insertion panel of a width and height to slip fit to internal dimensions of a pocket of a garment, a first portion of an attachment mechanism coupled to an upper edge of the insertion panel, and one or more flexible extensions joined proximate the upper edge of the insertion panel and having an attachment element at an opposite end of the one or more flexible extensions configured to attach to compatible elements on a front surface of the pocket."
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