ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,425, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DBI Operations Europe SAS (Rueil-Malmaison, France).
"Compression hosiery" was invented by Christophe Nury (Curgy, France), Laurent Massotte (Tavernay, France), Florence Mathieu (Etang sur Arroux, France), Florent Moret (Autun, France) and Pascal Forestier (La Grande Verriere, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression hosiery garment includes a knit fabric including a first yarn and a second yarn knit in an alternating knit construction and having at least one course of the second yarn for each course of the first yarn. The first yarn includes a covered yarn with an elastic core, such a...