US Patent Issued on March 3 for "Methods and systems for manufacturing rope" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,734, issued on March 3.

"Methods and systems for manufacturing rope" was invented by Joel A. Dyksterhouse (Harbor Springs, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing rope is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of thermoplastic polymer or resin impregnated rovings, combining the plurality of thermoplastic polymer or resin impregnated rovings into a combined roving, tensioning the combined roving, heating the combined roving, removing excess thermoplastic polymer or resin from a surface of the combined roving, and chilling the combined roving while under tension."

The patent was filed on May 23, 2...