ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,018, issued on March 24, was assigned to MEKANIKA INC. (Sainte-Marie, Canada).
"System and method to make compliant rows of wood pieces to be packaged" was invented by Patrice Faucher (Sainte-Marie de Beauce, Canada) and Richard Audet (Sainte-Marie de Beauce, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for scanning, sorting, repairing and packaging hardwood flooring pieces is provided. The system provides a scanning section, a sorting section, an assessment section and a packaging section. The scanning section identifies problematic pieces. The sorting section automatically sorts and completes rows of hardwood flooring...