ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,984, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MONTBELL Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Cold-weather protection gear having batting" was invented by Isamu Tatsuno (Osaka, Japan), Fumiaki Masaki (Osaka, Japan), Takeshi Tatsuno (Osaka, Japan), Hideo Takatori (Osaka, Japan) and Tetsuji Kasumi (Osaska, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cold-weather protection gear is provided which includes a lining that covers a user; a surface cloth that covers the lining; and batting enclosed between the lining and the surface cloth. Linear members located between the lining and the surface cloth extend in a first direction while meandering, and are aligned wit...