US Patent Issued to NIKE on Dec. 9 for "Upper-torso garment with hood and integral scarves and bodice" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,782, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Upper-torso garment with hood and integral scarves and bodice" was invented by Ruth Olynick (Hermose Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to an upper-torso garment, which includes a hood combined with various additional useful features, such as an integral bodice and integral multi-functional scarves. The integral bodice can include various fasteners for securing the upper-torso garment about the torso of the user. A scarf may be affixed to each side of the hood such that each scarf drapes down below a face opening in the hood. When wo...