ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,963, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Amer Sports Canada Inc. (North Vancouver, Canada).

"Hood" was invented by Ian Cronin (Vancouver, Canada) and Shera Yuk Ching Ng (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hooded garment may include a body portion having a neck opening, an outer hood projecting from the neck opening and having an outer face opening, and an inner hood projecting from the neck opening within the outer hood. The inner hood has an inner face opening facing in a forward direction. A lead is located rearward the inner face opening and extends from an exterior of the inner hood to an interior of the outer hood...