ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,366, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CreateMe Technologies Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Manipulating fabric items using a roller" was invented by Thomas Feix (Beaverton, Ore.), Hossein Mousavi Hondori (Mountain View, Canada), Gaston Justice MacMillan (El Cerrito, Calif.), Martin Frederick Bamberger (Beaverton, Ore.), Nicholas Chope (Portland, Ore.), Michael Corliss (Beaverton, Ore.), Sean Magnus Becker (San Francisco), Michael William Tanguay (Camas, Wash.) and Akhil Devarakonda (Freemont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide for the manipulation of fabric items using a roller. A fabric item is engaged by a roller....