US Patent Issued to A&P Technology on Aug. 18 for "Three dimensional braid" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,828, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to A&P Technology Inc. (Cincinnati).

"Three dimensional braid" was invented by Andrew A. Head (Cincinnati), Victor M. Ivers (Amelia, Ohio) and Samuel P. Ivers (Amelia, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional braid includes a plurality of first plaits adjacent one another oriented in a first direction and a plurality of second plaits adjacent one another oriented in a transverse second direction intertwined forming a braid with each first plait intersecting each of the plurality of second plaits in succession. Each first plait includes a first group of tows and a second group of tow...