US Patent Issued to Shaw Industries Group on May 12 for "Tufted articles, and systems and methods for making same" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,484, issued on May 12, was assigned to Shaw Industries Group Inc. (Dalton, Ga.).

"Tufted articles, and systems and methods for making same" was invented by Kim K. Amos (Tunnel Hill, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are various systems and methods for forming tufted articles using a hollow needle tufting machine. The systems and methods can be used for tufting different types of yarns, such as turf yarns, staple yarns, or yarns having a denier greater than 5000. A system can have a pair of guides and a clevis movable between the pair of guides. The clevis defines an opening therethrough. The clevis and pair of guides...