ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,160, issued on May 6, was assigned to LAT Enterprises Inc. (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Wearable and replaceable pouch or skin for holding a portable battery pack" was invented by Laura Thiel (Raleigh, N.C.), Giancarlo Urzi (Raleigh, N.C.) and Carlos Cid (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable pouch operable to hold at least one portable battery pack and other power or communications equipment. The wearable pouch includes a main body with a front side, a back side opposite the front side, at least one scalable opening, and at least one opening for at least one lead from the at least one portable battery pack secured within the ...