US Patent Issued to Milliken & Co. on Dec. 16 for "Blowable flexible innerduct" (Georgia, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,058, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.).

"Blowable flexible innerduct" was invented by Steven L. Bedingfield (LaGrange, Ga.) and Andrew Broadway (Fountain Inn, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The blowable flexible innerduct contains an outer innerduct structure and an inner innerduct structure. The outer innerduct structure contains at least one outer longitudinal chamber formed from at least one textile. The inner innerduct structure contains at least one inner longitudinal chamber, where each inner longitudinal chamber is located within an outer innerduct textile chamber and the at least one i...