ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,643, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Detachable hood system" was invented by Shogo Fujiwara (Boulder, Colo.), Amanda Frank (Boulder, Colo.) and Adam Mueller (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment that includes a right chest panel; a left chest panel; a back panel; and a collar coupled to the right chest panel, the left chest panel, and the back panel. The collar may include a collar zipper controlling access to a collar pocket, the collar zipper extending around at least 80% of an outer circumference of the collar; and a collar-side row of hood-connection zipper teeth positioned in the c...