ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,645, issued on March 17.

"Intelligent digital shoelace end wrapping machine" was invented by Fu-Hsiang Yang (Yuanlin, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent digital shoelace end wrapping machine for processing a strap and a plastic roll into a plurality of shoelaces includes a material supply unit including a material feeding roller assembly for conveying the strap and having a strap guiding pulley for the strap to pass therethrough and then naturally falls down, a plastic roll feeding assembly for conveying the plastic roll, and a material supply drive assembly for driving the material feeding roller assembly and the ...