ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,716, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to UNI & FORMA d.o.o. (Komenda, Slovenia).
"Pair of trousers comprising a waistband system" was invented by Armin Wagner (Vodice, Slovenia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to trousers (H) comprising a waistband system (1) with a circumferential waistband (10) and an inelastic closable strap (140) which is integrated into the waistband (10) as an inelastic waistband section (11a, 11b) at least on a rear side (RS) of the trousers (H), the waistband (10) having at least one waistband section (15) which is monoelastic at least in the longitudinal direction (HR) and can be bridged ...