ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,356, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Stumpworx LLC (Portland, Ore.).
"Pressure-relieving flexural load-bearing strap and related systems and methods" was invented by Jonathan Kuniholm (Portland, Ore.) and Zachary Meyer (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Textile assemblies may be incorporated into a textile strap and include a stretch textile substrate and a patterned textile laminate. The textile substrate has a width extending from a first edge to a second edge. The patterned textile laminate is non-stretch or low-stretch, and coupled to the stretch textile substrate. The patterned textile laminate has a plurality of ...