US Patent Issued to NIKE on March 17 for "Stitch-pressing component, knitting machine with stitch-pressing component, and methods of manufacturing, integrating, and using the same" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,710, issued on March 17, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Stitch-pressing component, knitting machine with stitch-pressing component, and methods of manufacturing, integrating, and using the same" was invented by Martin Ellerhorst (Beaverton, Ore.) and Daren P. Tatler (Hillsboro, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stitch-pressing components, knitting machines with stitch-pressing components, and methods of manufacturing, integrating, and using the same. The stitch-pressing components herein can be configured to replace a yarn-feeder that is mounted on a rail of a knitting machine. This allows the stitch-pressing compon...