ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,927, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Cricut Inc (South Jordan, Utah).
"Cutting machine having a reduced form factor" was invented by Jeremy Burton Crystal (Springville, Utah), Sterling Kingdon (Cedar Hills, Utah), Kay Beauwen Freckleton (Draper, Utah) and Adam Worsham (Bountiful, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting machine includes a working surface, a carriage, a tool, and a drive mechanism. The carriage is disposed above the working surface. The tool is removably secured to the carriage and configured to move (i) toward the working surface along a first axis, (ii) relative to the working surface along a second axis tra...