ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,434, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Superba SAS (Mulhouse, France).

"System for the loading of yarn packages on a creel assembly" was invented by Philippe Massotte (Gueberschwihr, France) and Baptiste Tredan (Illzach, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system for the loading of yarn packages on a creel assembly. The system may include a creel assembly with at least one lateral face having a plurality of receiving bullhorns arranged outwardly according to a horizontal axis to engage a respective yarn package, and a loading device movable along a path arranged along the creel assembly. The loading device may inclu...