US Patent Issued to A.B. Carter on April 21 for "Canister-yarn tensioning assembly incorporating a pivoted yarn tensioner" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,409, issued on April 21, was assigned to A.B. Carter Inc. (Gastonia, N.C.).

"Canister-yarn tensioning assembly incorporating a pivoted yarn tensioner" was invented by Donald Lynn Hoover (Cramerton, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A canister-yarn tensioning assembly is adapted for controlling tension in a running yarn drawn from a yarn supply package located within an open-top canister. A cylindrical adapter configured to reside at a mouth of the open-top canister. A yarn tensioner is attached by a hinge assembly at a peripheral flange of the adapter, and is configured for multiplanar movement between an operative position within...