ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,172, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DECKERS OUTDOOR Corp. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Pile fabric made with different fiber strands" was invented by Helene Frain (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Joao E. Graebin (Ventura, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a deep pile fabric that closely resembles natural sheepskin fleece, that includes forming a plurality of straight fiber strands and a plurality of looped fiber strands and simultaneously knitting the straight fiber strands and the looped fiber strands and the scrim together, wherein the straight fiber strands and the looped fiber strands are knit on the scrim in rows, wh...