US Patent Issued to Columbia Insurance on Aug. 12 for "Automated creel assemblies and systems and methods of making and using same" (Georgia, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,650, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Columbia Insurance Co. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Automated creel assemblies and systems and methods of making and using same" was invented by Kallin Kurtz (Apison, Tenn.), Rocky Tillman (Rocky Face, Ga.), Wes Moore (Rock Spring, Ga.) and Zachary Hall (Dalton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A creel assembly having an outer wall defines an interior space, a plurality of yarn package engagement locations distributed within the interior space, a gantry that is movable secured within the interior space, and at least one processor. The gantry is positioned to selectively engage yarn packages within the int...