ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,880, issued on July 1, was assigned to KJUS North America (Boulder, Colo.).
"Barrier layer for garments and articles" was invented by Shogo Fujiwara (Westminster, Colo.), Colin Beard (Denver), Jessica Musto (Boulder, Colo.), Tucker Sutter (Broomfield, Colo.) and Amanda Frank (Erie, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of apparel comprising a lower garment with a deployable barrier layer. The deployable barrier layer may comprise a flap attached to an interior region of the lower garment. The flap may be deployed to cover an upper portion of a subject's foot or an article of footwear worn by a subject wearing the article of ...