US Patent Issued to MillerKnoll on Aug. 26 for "System and method for deep drilling into a pet panel and pet panel including a deep drilled hole" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,358, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to MillerKnoll Inc. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"System and method for deep drilling into a pet panel and pet panel including a deep drilled hole" was invented by David J. Beckman (Holland, Mich.) and Sathish Sampath (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for deep drilling into a panel composed of compressed polyester fibers includes providing a guide system, aligning the guide system with the panel, applying a force to a face of the panel, and drilling a hole into the edge of the panel with the guide system and the drill while the force is applied to the face of the panel. The guide system...