ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,468, issued on April 15, was assigned to Velcro IP Holdings LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Support sleeve" was invented by David D. Cianciolo (Sandown, N.H.), Jerry G. Hodsdon (Manchester, N.H.) and Matthew P. Cunningham (Manchester, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible support sleeve includes a knit fabric sheet with loops of fibers on a fastening face, a strip of resin overlaying a portion of the fastening face along one edge, with a strip of adhesive disposed along the same edge on an opposite side. The strip of resin includes male touch fastener elements configured to engage the loops of the knit fabric sheet. The strip of res...