US Patent Issued to DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION on Jan. 13 for "Protective garment having improved closing flap" (South Carolina, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,883, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Protective garment having improved closing flap" was invented by Alexander Bradley (Richmond, Va.) and Colin McLachlan (Sumter, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment comprising protective apparel fabric, a fastener assembly for joining a first and a second area of the protective apparel fabric, and a closing flap for covering the fastener assembly, the closing flap attached to the outer garment surface of first area of protective apparel fabric, the closing flap having a size and shape such that the covering area of the closing flap...