ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,822, issued on May 26, was assigned to Belgravia Wood Ltd. (Hong Kong).
"Flocking and methods of making same" was invented by Hylke Pas (Halle, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods and items for flocking festive goods or holiday decorations, such as trees and wreaths, that reduce the loss of flocking material. The method can include applying a first glue emulsion onto an item, applying one or more layers of flocking material onto the glue emulsion, and applying one of: a second glue emulsion, an acrylic, or acrylic-like substance, over the one or more layers of flocking material. A decorative item ca...