ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,568, issued on May 13, was assigned to CHAMATEX (Ardoix, France).

"Fabric integrating at least one binding part" was invented by Gilles Reguillon (Saint Maurice l'exil, France), Sylvain Bossis (Chanas, France), Mateo Castro (Lyons, France), Gregoire Laverty (Lyons, France) and Bertrand Barre (Lapeyrouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fabric integrating one or more binding parts with a tie obtained by the following textile construction of the fabric: a) the fabric includes two superposed individual layers of fabric secured to one another, one outer layer on the tie side and the other inner layer lining the inner layer of fab...