ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,671, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HAYASHI TELEMPU Corp. (Nagoya, Japan) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Double knit circular knitted fabric, manufacturing method thereof, knitted product, and knitted fabric holding attachment" was invented by Atsushi Kawabata (Nagoya, Japan) and Tomoyuki Uemura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double knit circular knitted fabric includes a front knitted fabric having a first stitch structure of front yarns, a back knitted fabric having a second stitch structure of back yarns, and a binding structure in which the front knitted fabric and the back knitted fabric are bound togeth...