ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,391, issued on March 31, was assigned to SPIN MASTER LTD. (Toronto) and FUSE LONDON LTD (London).
"Braiding machine" was invented by Brian Whitehead (Romney Marsh, Great Britain), Mollie B. Jameson (Toronto) and Herman Chan (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an aspect, a braiding machine is provided, and has a set of spool shuttles that each dispense a strand of flexible material under tension. A strand retractor releasably retracts the strands from the spool shuttles. A plurality of shuttle stations at which the spool shuttles can be positioned are arranged in a circuit. At least one shuttle carriage, when driven, repeatedl...