ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,194, issued on July 22, was assigned to Cricut Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).
"Heat press" was invented by Vance Campbell (South Jordan, Utah), Thomas Crisp (Cottonwood Heights, Utah), Jeremy B. Crystal (Springville, Utah), Del Ray Doty (Carlsbad, Calif.), Francois Laine (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Ryun Bates Noble (Salt Lake City), Bradley Carroll Rice (Carlsbad, Calif.), Grayson Stopp (San Francisco), Giacomo Michael Pasquale Strollo (San Diego) and Zhian Wang (Holladay, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat press may include an upper assembly comprising a heat plate, a lower assembly comprising a platen, and a base assembly comprisin...