US Patent Issued on Oct. 27 for "Device and methods for folding and bending laminate flooring" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,820, issued on Oct. 27.

"Device and methods for folding and bending laminate flooring" was invented by Gregory Scott (Murfreesboro, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated flooring system includes a square-nose device and a bull-nose device for forming square-nose and bull-nose configurations, respectively. The square-nose device features a frame with a forming panel comprising three forming plates rotatably coupled to each other to receive and accommodate a planar flooring. A plurality of actuators facilitate transverse rotation of sections of the flooring to achieve the square-nose profile. The bull-nose device comprises ...