ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,721, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Shaw Industries Group Inc. (Dalton, Ga.).
"Automated shearing system and methods of use thereof" was invented by Jeffrey Thomas Coon (Dalton, Ga.), Conrad Layson Fernandez Jr. (Dalton, Ga.) and Austin Patrick (Dalton, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed towards an automated shearing system for shearing a carpet from a first height to a desired height. Such system may include a number of pile height sensors, control units, shear heads, motors, and databases. The system determines how much carpet can be sheared by each shear head and actuates the shear head accordingly. S...