ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,048, issued on July 15, was assigned to IBP-TECH OY (Savitaipale, Finland).
"Layered protective structure for protective garments and equipment and an elastic layer" was invented by Mauri Nylund (Savitaipale, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A layered protective structure for protective garments and equipment is disclosed. The layered protective structure comprises three layers. The first layer is the outermost layer, and it is the most rigid of the layers and has first layer holes that have at their edges rim structures extending inward into the protective structure. The second layer is an elastic net-like structure that is co...