US Patent Issued to Hasetora Spinning, Crane on June 30 for "Blended yarn, knitted/woven body of same, and method for manufacturing said knitted/woven body" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,896, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hasetora Spinning Co. Ltd. (Gifu, Japan) and Crane Inc. (Yamagata, Japan).

"Blended yarn, knitted/woven body of same, and method for manufacturing said knitted/woven body" was invented by Tetsuhiro Asano (Hashima, Japan) and Akihiko Ozeki (Tsuruoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention aims at providing a blended yarn with which a knitted or woven body, wherein a decrease in tension and stiffness due to moistness is reduced, can be manufactured, even in a case where the blended yarn is used for the manufacture of the knitted or woven body; a knitted or woven body of the sa...