ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,883, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Multi-pocket bag" was invented by Warren Christopher Howren Cheng (Vancouver, Canada) and Tianfei Wang (Burnaby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of multi-pocket bags are disclosed. The multi-pocket bag includes a body with first and second storage bags joined together at inner panels thereof, a foldable pocket bag outer panel connected to the inner panels of the first and second storage bags, at least one strap connected to the body, and a two-part fastener. The foldable pocket bag outer panel forms at least one foldable pocke...