Patents by Inventor Amanda Frank
Amanda Frank has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12653256Abstract: A garment comprising a plurality of flaps configured to form a storage region within an interior portion of the garment. The plurality of flaps may comprise an upper flap and a lower flap that are separable to open the storage region. The storage region may be configured to receive and/or hold a barrier layer of the garment.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2024Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: KJUS North America, Inc.Inventors: Amanda Frank, Mary Stewart Waggoner, Tucker Sutter, Adam Mueller, Shogo Fujiwara, Colin Beard
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Patent number: 12471643Abstract: A garment that includes a right chest panel; a left chest panel; a back panel; and a collar coupled to the right chest panel, the left chest panel, and the back panel. The collar may include a collar zipper controlling access to a collar pocket, the collar zipper extending around at least 80% of an outer circumference of the collar; and a collar-side row of hood-connection zipper teeth positioned in the collar pocket, the collar-side row of hood-connection zipper teeth having a length that is at least 80% of a length of the collar zipper. The garment may also include a removable hood. The removable hood may include a hood-side row of hood-connection zipper teeth, the hood-side row of hood-connection zipper teeth having a length that is substantially equal to the length of the collar-side row of hood-connection zipper teeth.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 18, 2025Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Shogo Fujiwara, Amanda Frank, Adam Mueller
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Publication number: 20250288034Abstract: An article of apparel comprising a lower garment with a deployable barrier layer. The deployable barrier layer may comprise a flap attached to an interior region of the lower garment. The flap may be deployed to cover an upper portion of a subject's foot or an article of footwear worn by a subject wearing the article of apparel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2025Publication date: September 18, 2025Applicant: KJUS North America, Inc.Inventors: Shogo Fujiwara, Colin Beard, Jessica Musto, Tucker Sutter, Amanda Frank
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Patent number: 12342880Abstract: An article of apparel comprising a lower garment with a deployable barrier layer. The deployable barrier layer may comprise a flap attached to an interior region of the lower garment. The flap may be deployed to cover an upper portion of a subject's foot or an article of footwear worn by a subject wearing the article of apparel.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2023Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: KJUS North AmericaInventors: Shogo Fujiwara, Colin Beard, Jessica Musto, Tucker Sutter, Amanda Frank
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Publication number: 20250204625Abstract: An article of apparel comprising a lower garment with a deployable barrier layer. The deployable barrier layer may comprise a flap attached to an interior region of the lower garment. The flap may be deployed to cover an upper portion of a subject's foot or an article of footwear worn by a subject wearing the article of apparel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: KJUS North America, Inc.Inventors: Shogo Fujiwara, Colin Beard, Jessica Musto, Tucker Sutter, Amanda Frank
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Publication number: 20250057268Abstract: A garment comprising a plurality of flaps configured to form a storage region within an interior portion of the garment. The plurality of flaps may comprise an upper flap and a lower flap that are separable to open the storage region. The storage region may be configured to receive and/or hold a barrier layer of the garment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicant: KJUS North America, Inc.Inventors: Amanda Frank, Mary Stewart Waggoner, Tucker Sutter, Adam Mueller, Shogo Fujiwara, Colin Beard
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Patent number: 12156557Abstract: A garment comprising a barrier layer. The barrier layer comprises a skirt and a storage region for retaining the skirt. The storage region comprises an upper flap, a lower flap, and a fastener for releasably coupling the upper flap and the lower flap to retain the skirt in the storage region.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: KJUS North America, Inc.Inventors: Amanda Frank, Mary Stewart Waggoner, Tucker Sutter, Adam Mueller, Shogo Fujiwara, Colin Beard
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Publication number: 20240188663Abstract: A garment comprising a barrier layer. The barrier layer comprises a skirt and a storage region for retaining the skirt. The storage region comprises an upper flap, a lower flap, and a fastener for releasably coupling the upper flap and the lower flap to retain the skirt in the storage region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: KJUS North America, Inc.Inventors: Amanda Frank, Mary Stewart Waggoner, Tucker Sutter, Adam Mueller, Shogo Fujiwara, Colin Beard
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Publication number: 20240188652Abstract: A garment comprising a barrier layer. The barrier layer comprises an adjustable skirt with an insulated tube configured to provide a barrier between an interior region of the garment and an external environment. The insulated tube may be configured to extend along a bottom hem region of the garment. The garment may comprise a cord assembly extending along the bottom hem region of the garment. The cord assembly may be configured to uniformly distribute tensions from (i) a front portion and a back portion of the garment to (ii) one or more side portions of the garment to prevent one or more drag lines from forming across the front portion and/or the back portion of the garment when the cord assembly is operated to cinch or tighten the adjustable skirt.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: KJUS North America, Inc.Inventors: Shogo Fujiwara, Colin Beard, Amanda Frank, Tucker Sutter, Jessica Musto
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Publication number: 20240188662Abstract: A garment comprising a barrier layer. The barrier layer comprises an adjustable skirt comprising an insulated tube configured to provide a barrier between an interior region of the garment and an external environment. The garment comprises a cord assembly extending along a length of the insulated tube. The cord assembly distributes tensions from a front portion and a back portion of the garment to one or more side portions of the garment when cinched or tightened in order to prevent the front portion and back portion of the garment from bunching.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: KJUS North America, Inc.Inventors: Shogo Fujiwara, Adam Mueller, Colin Beard, Amanda Frank
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Publication number: 20230270188Abstract: A garment that includes a right chest panel; a left chest panel; a back panel; and a collar coupled to the right chest panel, the left chest panel, and the back panel. The collar may include a collar zipper controlling access to a collar pocket, the collar zipper extending around at least 80% of an outer circumference of the collar; and a collar-side row of hood-connection zipper teeth positioned in the collar pocket, the collar-side row of hood-connection zipper teeth having a length that is at least 80% of a length of the collar zipper. The garment may also include a removable hood. The removable hood may include a hood-side row of hood-connection zipper teeth, the hood-side row of hood-connection zipper teeth having a length that is substantially equal to the length of the collar-side row of hood-connection zipper teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: KJUS North America, Inc.Inventors: Shogo Fujiwara, Amanda Frank, Adam Mueller