ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. D1,086,474, issued on July 29, was assigned to DeRoyal Industries Inc. (Powell, Tenn.).

"Sternal pad mount for spine brace" was invented by Charles Joseph French III (Knoxville, Tenn.), Olufunke Tina Anjonrin-Ohu (Knoxville, Tenn.), Nicholas John Poker (Knoxville, Tenn.), John Connor Brown (Knoxville, Tenn.), Karen M. Clements (Knoxville, Tenn.), Dhanvin Sunil Desai (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Lily Dawn Goins (Speedwell, Tenn.).

The patent was filed on Sept. 13, 2022, under Application No. D/853,109.

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