ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,020, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Veltek Associates Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).
"Uncontaminated garment packaging" was invented by Arthur L. Vellutato Jr. (Malvern, Pa.) and Steven S. Trombetta (West Chester, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaged garment includes a garment and a sealed bag. The garment has a torso portion, a sleeve portion connected to the torso portion, and a leg portion connected to the torso portion. The garment has an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. The sealed bag contains the garment with the sleeve portion folded onto the torso portion, a portion of the sleeve portion fol...