US Patent Issued to Under Armour on July 1 for "Garment with waistband pocket" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,883, issued on July 1, was assigned to Under Armour Inc. (Baltimore).

"Garment with waistband pocket" was invented by Courtney Roth (Baltimore), Margaret Snoke (Baltimore) and Sarah Brunette (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment includes a lower portion and a waistband coupled to the lower portion and configured to be oriented around a waist of the person wearing the garment. The waistband includes a first flap and a second flap. The first flap includes a top edge and an opposite arcuate edge. The second flap includes a top edge and an opposite bottom edge, wherein the first flap and the second flap overlap. A pocket pan...