ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,824, issued on July 29, was assigned to Southern Mills Inc. (Union City, Ga.).
"Flame resistant fabrics formed with stretchable yarns" was invented by Elijah Dufty (Atlanta), Robert Self (Peachtree City, Ga.), Michael A. Laton (Peachtree City, Ga.) and Kevin Hilton (Zebulon, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flame resistant fabrics formed with a combination of body yarns and stretch yarns that exhibit excellent physical and thermal properties. The body yarns are formed at least in part with flame resistant materials. The stretch yarns are corespun yarns having an elastic core surrounded by a fiber sheath formed at least in part with...