US Patent Issued to Bearaby on Nov. 4 for "Layered yarn and weighted blanket for deep pressure therapy" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,775, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Bearaby Inc. (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

"Layered yarn and weighted blanket for deep pressure therapy" was invented by Kathrin Hamm (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a weighted material that is configured to effectuate deep pressure therapy to a person when the weighted material is used as a blanket over the person's body. A length of layered yarn is interlooped to form the weighted material. The layered yarn includes an outer tube extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end. The outer tube defines a conduit extending longitudinally therethrough from the first end to the s...