US Patent Issued on Sept. 30 for "Pre-configured scarf with built-in closure" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,653, issued on Sept. 30.

"Pre-configured scarf with built-in closure" was invented by Lynette Taboada (Westhampton, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scarf includes draw-strings confined in channel(s) between end sections, extending across a neck portion connecting the end sections, and aligned along a central longitudinal axis between an upper and lower edge of the scarf in an open position. The draw-strings are aligned side-by-side via the channel(s), extend downward along a front of a user as worn, and are fixed at opposite ends of the channel(s) to allow them to be pulled in opposite directions down along the front of a user...