ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,497, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to RELIVE Co. LTD. (Miyagi, Japan).

"Clothing" was invented by Masato Yoshida (Sendai, Japan) and Takashi Sasaki (Sendai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "IssueTo make available clothing that supports the wearer's muscles to enable capacity for and flexibility in movement to be improved in situations such as during sports, during heavy lifting, or being under nursing care.Resolution MeansClothing 100 involving the present invention is furnished with an upper-body piece 10 for covering at least a portion of the upper half of the body, and an upper-body support unit 20 formed on the upper-body p...