US Patent Issued to Friendship Products on April 1 for "Molding systems and related methods" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,630, issued on April 1, was assigned to Friendship Products LLC (Arlington, Va.).

"Molding systems and related methods" was invented by B. Everett Hendrickson (Los Angeles), Craig Severn (Sharon, Canada), Paul Mccutcheon (Georgetown, Canada) and Timothy Carlson (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for molding an object includes an articulated mold having an axis and a plurality of mold portions configured to collectively define a molding cavity for shaping the object when arranged in respective molding positions. The system includes a plurality of actuators, each operatively coupled to a respective mold portion and...