ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,772, issued on March 3, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Recyclable article" was invented by Jean-Marie Bidal (Marlborough, Mass.), Keith M. Duffy (Whitman, Mass.) and Robert S. Bento (Raynham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a recyclable article. The recyclable article may comprise a recyclable shoe, recycle apparel, recyclable gear, a recyclable bag, a recyclable club, and/or a recyclable ball. The recyclable article may be processed into one or more source materials that can be used to produce one or more other articles."
The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2023, under Application...