US Patent Issued to TYR Sport on April 8 for "Swimsuit with seamless back and tension bands" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,257, issued on April 8, was assigned to TYR Sport Inc. (Farmingdale, N.Y.).

"Swimsuit with seamless back and tension bands" was invented by Jared Berger (Farmingdale, N.Y.), Matthew Vito DiLorenzo (New York) and Joseph DiLorenzo (Laurel Hollow, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swimsuit for competition swimming is contemplated as being formed with a seamless, continuous external surface across the rear of the lower torso and thigh portions of the swimsuit, and with a network of tension bands disposed interior to the external surface of the swimsuit for storing energy and resisting motion. The swimsuit may optimize the swimmer's s...