US Patent Issued to RATIER-FIGEAC on June 16 for "Multi-layer braided article" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,405, issued on June 16, was assigned to RATIER-FIGEAC SAS (Figeac, France).

"Multi-layer braided article" was invented by Bruno Seminel (Figeac, France), Pascal Amat (Figeac, France) and Arnaud Andrzejewski (Lissac et Mouret, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer braided article and a method of making the multi-layer braided article. The multi-layer braided article includes a braid extending along a first axis, wherein the braid is folded over itself to form a first layer and a second layer; and a wrapper laid over the first layer of the braid and extending circumferentially around the first axis, wherein the wrapper de...