ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,383, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MEDI GMBH & Co. KG (Bayreuth, Germany).
"Leg garments and related methods" was invented by Martin Rockstroh (CreuBen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leg garment, comprising a flat-knitted basic knitted fabric part forming at least one foot part, with at least one first functional zone which is knitted into the basic knitted fabric part and which is formed to accommodate a heel of a foot, wherein the flat-knitted basic knitted fabric part is sewn together by means of a longitudinal seam to form a tubular knitted fabric, wherein at least one first functional zone is knitted into the bas...