ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,713, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GUTR Inc. (Dallas).
"Sweat diverting textile with integrated gutter" was invented by Erick Flatt (Dallas) and Kevin Flatt (Wilmette, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sweat diverting gutter integrated into headwear for removing perspiration that escapes the material including a substantially u-shaped gutter formed from upper and lower gutter portions connected by at least one connecting post and a corresponding post receptacle between the gutter parts. The placement of the diverting gutter on the exterior side of the headwear causes excess sweat to be laterally moved from on or around the ...