ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,780, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to BOSIDENG DOWN WEAR Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).

"Garment back slit stitching template" was invented by Jingfang Lu (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a garment back slit stitching template, including a base plate and a panel that are foldably connected to each other, and foldable first and second cover plates are arranged between the base plate and the panel; a first stitching channel extends through the base plate and the panel for stitching and joining garment back slit pieces together, a second stitching channel extends through the base plate, the first cover plate, and th...