ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,327, issued on March 18, was assigned to TSI Manufacturing LLC (Bend, Ore.).
"Four-layered material for a flexible fluid reservoir" was invented by Matthew Hoskins (Bend, Ore.) and Robert Smith (Bend, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are flexible fluid reservoirs including a front sheet and a back sheet, each comprising a four-layer insulated wall. The four-layer insulated wall includes an interior layer and an exterior layer, and a metallic film layer and an insulation layer disposed between the interior layer and the exterior layer where the metallic film layer is oriented toward the exterior layer and the insulation ...