ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,582, issued on July 21, was assigned to TIARA YACHTS INC. (Holland, Mich.).

"Tooling apparatus and method for applying material to a pre-formed insert" was invented by Scott Lammers (Holland, Mich.), Matthew Brown (Holland, Mich.), Jordan Fragel (Holland, Mich.), Christopher Rumsey (Holland, Mich.) and Ernesto Oquendo (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tooling apparatus for applying a tape material to a pre-formed insert is provided. The tooling apparatus comprises at least one guiding element coupled to an apparatus frame. An attachment shaft defines a rotational axis and extends through the guiding element. The attach...