ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,177, issued on March 4, was assigned to Global Trademarks Inc. (Nazareth, Pa.).
"Garment with multiple regions" was invented by Mark Waldman (New Hope, Pa.), Ruth Gordon (Bernardsville, N.J.) and Lisa Mary Butler (Parsippany, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liner includes a fabric body that covers at least a hip area and an abdomen area of a wearer or the hip area and buttocks area of a wearer. The fabric body having at least a first region and a second region each having a different modulus than another of the several regions. The first region is an abdominal region or a buttocks region. The second region is selected from the ...