ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,326, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Global Apparel Partners Inc. (Malibu, Calif.).

"One-piece knitted article for lower portion of human body and methods for knitting same" was invented by Mark Bruce (Woodland Hills, Calif.), William Samosir (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Garrett Li Gerson (Malibu, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating a knitted article having a first, second and third opening, the knitted article adapted to cover at least a groin, a first thigh portion and a second thigh portion of a human body. The method includes using flatbed knitting machine to knit a first portion of the knitted article for cove...