ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,063, issued on April 29, was assigned to THE HMZ COMPANY PTY LTD (Harristown, Australia).

"Systems and methods of modifying a body of fabric" was invented by Kym Lennette O'Leary (Queensland, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of adjusting a length of fabric are disclosed. In one form, a system is disclosed for adjusting a length of fabric, said system including: a fabric body having at least one edge portion; at least one extension piece of fabric having an inner edge portion and an opposed outer edge portion and extending distally away from the at least one edge portion in an edge portion to edge portion ar...