US Patent Issued to Cricut on Oct. 27 for "Heat press apparatuses, systems, and methods" (Utah, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,031, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Cricut Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Heat press apparatuses, systems, and methods" was invented by Kristy Lynn Barney (Lehi, Utah), Mitchell Alan Cheever (Brigham City, Utah), Yung Tseng Chen (San Francisco), Hayley Ketch (Alpine, Utah) and Ildefonso M. Resuello Jr. (Sacramento, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hat form for a heat press that is configured to support a workpiece (e.g., a hat) during a heat-activated design transfer using the heat press. The hat form may include a cover at least partially defining an internal volume of the hat form and a filler material disposed within and a...