ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,234, issued on March 25, was assigned to BROWN LLC (Beaverton, Mich.).
"Roll unwinding cradle" was invented by Victor L. Chun (Beaverton, Mich.) and Robert Abel (Beaverton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for unwinding a roll of material includes an unwinding roller, an idle roller, and a motor. The unwinding roller is for supporting the roll of material. The idle roller is spaced apart from the unwinding roller so that the roll of material can be supported on the idle roller and the unwinding roller. The motor is in mechanical communication with the unwinding roller and is configured to axially rotate the unwindin...