ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,065, issued on April 29, was assigned to Kennon Products Inc. (Sheridan, Wyo.).

"High tensile strength fabric seams, weldable fabric tabs and the preparation of reduced weight inflatables" was invented by Mark Weitz (Sheridan, Wyo.), Justin Wood (Sheridan, Wyo.), Zachary Grey (Sheridan, Wyo.), Brock Sweckard (Sheridan, Wyo.), Thomas Bushnell (Sheridan, Wyo.) and Dakotah Gali (Sheridan, Wyo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides high tensile strength FCL seams, as well as methods for forming high tensile strength FCL seams by laser welding. The present disclosure also provides weldable FCL tabs for the reinforc...