ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,898, issued on July 1.
"Flexi-bat" was invented by Chelsi Hanley (Dracut, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible bat for attachment to a pottery wheel. The flexible bat containing a pre-engraved design impresses texts, patterns, or designs onto the bottom surface of clay workpieces as they are simultaneously molded on the pottery wheel. These simultaneous steps save time and eliminate the additional steps of impressing these designs to the bottom of pliant clay pieces after molding is completed on the pottery wheel."
The patent was filed on Oct. 15, 2021, under Application No. 17/503,249.
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