US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Bandag on March 25 for "Envelope spreader system for enveloping a retreaded tire" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,798, issued on March 25, was assigned to Bridgestone Bandag LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Envelope spreader system for enveloping a retreaded tire" was invented by Merle E. Meier (Nashville, Tenn.), Jaime J. Benitez (Nashville, Tenn.) and Jeremy J. Nartker (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An envelope spreader system includes a chassis having an opening, a linkage assembly comprising a plurality of links rotatably coupled to the chassis and extending into the opening, and an actuator operably coupled to the linkage assembly and configured to operate the linkage assembly between a first position and a second position. The p...