US Patent Issued to Milliken & Co. on Oct. 27 for "Elongated enclosed pathway" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,542, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.).

"Elongated enclosed pathway" was invented by Stacey Brown (LaGrange, Ga.) and Steven L. Bedingfield (LaGrange, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elongated enclosed pathway containing an outer structure being a narrow woven cylinder and an inner structure being an inflatable tube located within the narrow woven cylinder. The narrow woven cylinder has a knitted catch area running along the length of the cylinder. The weft yarns have a repeating stitch pattern comprising a knit stitch with a catch yarn, stitching with warp yarns in a counterclockwise directi...