ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,254, issued on March 24.
"Needlepoint finishing method" was invented by Jo Ann Bridget Gardella (Norwalk, Conn.) and John Louis Gardella (Norwalk, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for needlepoint finishing comprising trimming a canvas completed with a needlepoint stitched design leaving an edge portion spaced from a stitched area of the canvas to leave an unstitched area around at least a portion of a periphery of the canvas, cutting a non-paper based, substantially non-absorbent, rigid support to a desired size, wrapping a fabric composed of softer material than the rigid support around the support and attaching the fa...