US Patent Issued to STRUCTURED I on Nov. 4 for "Belt or fabric including polymeric layer for papermaking machine" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,351, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to STRUCTURED I LLC (Great Neck, N.Y.).

"Belt or fabric including polymeric layer for papermaking machine" was invented by James E. Sealey (Belton, S.C.), Byrd Tyler Miller IV (Easley, S.C.), Phillip MacDonald (Anderson, S.C.), Taras Z. Andrukh (Greenville, S.C.) and Justin S. Pence (Williamston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fabric or belt for a papermaking machine including a first layer that defines a web contacting surface and a second layer that supports the first layer. The first layer is made of extruded polymer and includes a plurality of first elements aligned in a first direction, ...