ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,843, issued on March 11, was assigned to Humane Inc. (San Francisco).

"Portable battery pack for wirelessly charging body-worn devices through clothing" was invented by Imran A. Chaudhri (San Francisco), James Joseph Blanc (San Mateo, Calif.) and Brian Huppi (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable battery pack is disclosed for wirelessly powering a portable electronic device through a user's clothing. The portable battery pack includes a housing with a mating surface that includes one or more permanent magnets to facilitate mating with a portable electronic device, such as a body-worn camera."

The patent was filed ...