ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,165, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Rotational winding apparatus and method" was invented by Thomas Feix (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Clemens Paul Dyckmans (Nuremberg, Germany) and Ian James Hennebery (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Winding apparatuses and methods for manufacturing an article of apparel. A winding apparatus can comprise a winding unit comprising a rotatable shaft, a thread guide movable along an axis perpendicular to the shaft, and a plate comprising a base coupled to the shaft and a plurality of projections extending from the base. The winding apparatus can also...