U.S. Patent No. 1,619,128 issued to Conrad Jobst on this day, March 1st, in 1927 (95 years ago). The Jobst name is known around the world for…ice-scoring machines? No, of course not. The Jobst name is world famous for compression garments—stockings, sleeves, and such—that help people with blood circulation issues. Conrad Jobst, the inventor of the ice-scoring machine of the ‘128 patent, invented the stocking that serves as the fountainhead of the compression garment industry.