ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,801, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Wrapped green body carrier" was invented by Douglas Richard Wing (Corning, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to certain aspects, a wrapped green body carrier for a green body includes side supports and moveable supports mounted to the side supports. Each of the moveable supports includes an inner end configured to move relative to the side supports. The green body carrier includes a flexible sheet attached to and suspended from each inner end of the moveable supports. The inner ends of the moveable supports are configured to move inward to wrap the fle...