US Patent Issued to Standard Textile on Oct. 7 for "Reusable, rear-opening protective garment with fastening elements configured to facilitate doffing-type removal" (Ohio, Florida, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,357, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Standard Textile Co. Inc. (Cincinnati).

"Reusable, rear-opening protective garment with fastening elements configured to facilitate doffing-type removal" was invented by Jessica Lauren Lape Clagett (Cincinnati), Richard Holbert Jr. (Loveland, Ohio), Rajib Mondal (Gulf Breeze, Fla.), Sara Arvidson Broadaway (Woodruff, S.C.), Warren William Gerhardt (Spartanburg, S.C.), Amy M. Luttrell (Cincinnati) and Veronica L. Eastman (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear-opening protective gown configured for removal by pull-forward doffing action is provided. The gown includes a central gown body ...