ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,977, issued on March 18, was assigned to Chene IP LLC (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Waders for modern adventurers" was invented by Mark Saalfield Norris Jr. (Collierville, Tenn.) and John Strange (Memphis, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wader has a body having a chest portion and a lower portion including two leg portions and two boots. The chest portion has first, second, third, and fourth outer pockets. Each of the first and fourth outer pockets has an opening on a side of the wader, while each of the second and third outer pockets has an opening near a midline of the wader. The chest portion has first and second interior pockets, ea...