ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,664, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Hickory, N.C.).
"Rebonded foam molding machine, system, and method" was invented by David Murphy (High Point, N.C.), Michael Heyn (Hickory, N.C.) and Alex Wesley (Huntersville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for molding a seamless rebonded foam article with an internal cavity is provided. The method may include moving a middle mold to a middle mold form position within the mold cavity to press into a first portion of rebond foam particles, and moving a top mold to a top mold form position within the mold cavity to press into the second portio...