ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,795, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Amer Sports Canada Inc. (North Vancouver, Canada).
"Apparel patch" was invented by Jacobus Bernardus de Vaal (West Vancouver, Canada), Thomas W. C. Fayle (North Vancouver, Canada), Dana Spittal (Vancouver, Canada) and Russell James Beardsley (Brackendale, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparel may include a panel having an apparel panel with an aperture extending through the panel from an interior face to an exterior face of the apparel panel. A patch extends opposite the apparel panel and across the aperture on the interior face of the apparel panel. The patch may include a layer joine...