ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,521, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to RS REHAB Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Wearable bottom garment for preventing hip dislocation" was invented by Ju Seok Ryu (Incheon, South Korea), Jun Chang Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Young Il Yoon (Sejong, South Korea) and Hyun Jung Han (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable bottom garment for preventing hip dislocation includes a first strap extending from the upper side of the left hip joint to the lower side of the right hip joint, and a second strap extending from the upper side of the right hip joint to the lower side of the left hip joint, wherein ...