US Patent Issued to BEKAERTDESLEE INNOVATION BVBA on July 8 for "Double selection fabric and methods of making" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,953, issued on July 8, was assigned to BEKAERTDESLEE INNOVATION BVBA (Belgium).

"Double selection fabric and methods of making" was invented by Juergen Andreas Kunzmann (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Kara W. Pruitt (Greensboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a double selection fabric including a back layer, a front layer, and least a first and a second blister zone having different physical properties is provided, the method including: inserting in the first blister zone a first inlay yarn between the back layer and the front layer of the double selection fabric, and knitting a second inlay yarn to the back l...