ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,416, issued on May 20, was assigned to PUNTO AZZURRO S.R. L. (Rovetta, Italy).
"Wearable tubular textile article" was invented by Roberto Loda (Onore, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable textile article has a tubular element having an external side and an internal side, a first and a second reinforcement bands placed along a direction extending from a lower opening to an upper opening of the tubular element. A first and a second fabric portions made of fabric obtained from weaving weft threads and warp threads of polymeric material are fused together along a first and a second fusing areas. The first reinforcement band at...