ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,060, issued on April 29, was assigned to SFT LABORATORY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Garment body for fan-equipped garment, and fan-equipped garment" was invented by Hiroshi Ichigaya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment body of a fan-equipped garment includes a fan mount hole for mounting a fan, a front fabric made of a material having no breathability or having a certain level of breathability to be inflated with air introduced by the fan, and a heat insulation layer disposed on a back side of the front fabric and made of a material that holds air."

The patent was filed on April 1, 2021, under Application No. 17/916,538.

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