ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,177, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Sewbo Inc. (Seattle).
"Systems and methods for automated manufacturing of flexible goods and related technologies" was invented by Jonathan Michael Zornow (Seattle) and Peter Pruyn Malarkey (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for automated manufacturing of flexible goods and related technologies are disclosed. A workpiece can be processed to temporarily change its physical properties for facilitating handling and assembly operations. The system can include one or more automated handling apparatuses for transporting workpieces between workstations. Each workstation can pe...