ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,065, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MAGNERA Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Nonwoven fabric including fibers formed from post-consumer recycled plastic" was invented by Dianne B. Ellis (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nonwoven fabrics are provided that include a mechanically entangled blend of fibers comprising (a) post-consumer recycled polymer staple fibers (PCR-staple fibers) and (b) one or more additional fibers, in which the one or more additional fibers are different than the PCR-staple fibers. The PCR-staple fibers are mechanically entangled with the one or more additional fibers to define the nonwoven fabric."

The pa...