US Patent Issued to MATERIEL POUR L'ARBORICULTURE FRUITIERE on Nov. 18 for "Device for assisting with threading the eye of a needle" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,678, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MATERIEL POUR L'ARBORICULTURE FRUITIERE (Montauban, France).

"Device for assisting with threading the eye of a needle" was invented by Jacques Monjo (La Crau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for assisting with threading an eyed needle with the eye being of a type peripherally delimited by a rim extending substantially in a plane includes a solid body forming an eye receiving portion designed to receive the eye of the needle and to keep the needle in position in relation to the solid body. A passage in the solid body includes a guide portion that forms a first funnel for guiding t...